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Communism
Communism is a political philosophy that is defined by a classless society in which all goods and property are collectively owned. Some current communist countries include China, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos and North Korea.
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Did the US care about the spread of communism?
A smidge.
Perhaps more than a little.
Okay, the US had enough concern about the spread of communism that it lead to a huge witch hunt (Red Hunt) in the US in the 50's, defined the world view of an entire generation, and established US foreign policy for more than half a century.
Consider terms like:
- The Cold War
- NATO
- The Korean War
- The Vietnam War (Police Action)
- McCarthyism
- Red Scare
- Black Balling of Hollywood celebrities
- Eisenhower's New Look foreign policy
- US sponsored coups in Iran and Guatemala
- Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
- Berlin Blockade
- Alliance for Progress
- Bay of Pigs
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- The U-2 incident
- Operation Linebacker
- Operation Phoenix
- Containment and the Truman Doctrine
- Domino Theory
- House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
- National Security Act of 1947
- National Security Council Memorandum 68 (NSC-68)
- Space Race
- SALT and SALT II
- Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
- Bomb drills
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
In essence, communism was fully in the collective consciousness of the American public and government officials from about 1938 until after the fall of the Soviet Union in the early Nineties. Just shy of sixty years of US history spanning both foreign and domestic policy over those years.
What political parties are most like communist parties?
Once again the DingoBot does not realize that nothing here is repetitive.
Within today's world there are a number of political parties that call themselves "communist parties". For the most part these parties have as one of their goals the major means of production to be controlled by the government. How this would be accomplished and what the particular policies would be differ widely. With that being said, there are other political parties that call themselves "socialist parties". These parties also want the major means of production to be in the control of the government.
In general terms the socialists and the communist have a goal in common.. as it was presented. However, the socialist parties want no part of forced political power or authoritarian powers. The various communist parties will have a "hook". The hook is that they are not democratically inclined.
The US gave military aid to countries in the fight against the spread of Communist under the Truman Doctrine. The first countries to receive aid under the Truman Doctrine were Greece and Turkey.
What are the disadvantages of communism in china?
Truth is, communism is a pretty good governement system theoretically. Unfortunately when practiced in reality, it fails. Instead of the people governing themselves, one man seems to overpower the rest.....resulting to a monarchy, (dictatorship).
Ex. modern China
Theoretically, advantages are equality and fairness in the system, no authority.
Disadvantages in theoretical communism is the fact that some people are not fit to govern themselves, and no authority.
Disadvantages for communism in reality....everything....just look at how ****** up China is. While the rest of the world is advancing, they are going back in time. 98% of the population is in poverty. Mau and his associates are living in riches. Pure dictatorship...Theoretical communism is against everything Mau is doing.
Why isn't communism really communism?
True communism isn't practiced by a major power anywhere in the world today. Instead, the politico-economic system currently practiced by China (and which used to be employed by the Soviet Union) is called socialism.
A very simplified explanation of the difference is that socialism is set up and controlled by a central government, whereas communism is controlled and maintained at the local (people) level. The only practical example of true communism can be found in the system known (appropriately enough) as a commune, similar to the kibbutz farming communities found in Israel.
Was North Korea communism or capitalism during the Cold War?
The economy of South Korea is a capitalist that exists in a mixed economy. The economy system of South Korea, combines both the public and private companies.
What were the communitist first called?
Well the first group of communists were lead under Karl Marx, They would be called the Communist League which was in Germany, however the first Party to gain control of the government wouldn't be until 1921 when the Soviets gained control in Russia
Was the company town system fair or not fair explain?
While it appeared idyllic in most ways and provided new employees with a
better quality of life then they had previously experienced, it proved to be
a bitter trap. The employer had gained full control over the labor force, a
condition that laborers would regret when wages stagnated and housing
costs rose or when housing costs remained stable an wages were cut.
"I owe my soul to the company store" was the familiar lament. Search for
Pullman as an example.
It is a name sometimes used for Vladimiir Ilitch Ulyanov, founder of Soviet communism, etc. Zinoviev gave a speech entitled "Nicolai Lenin: HIs Life and Work" at the Pertograd Soviet on 9/6/1918; do an Internet search and you can get a PDF of it. But near as I can tell (quick skim) he is referred to as Vladimir Ilitch of Comrade Lenin throughout. Perhaps "Nicolai" is considered a translation of "Vladimir"
The Chinese Communist Party made their version of the evils of "individualism" clear to other communist parties during the Sino-Soviet rift. In 1963, the party stated that they have always disapproved of exaggerating the role of the individual. Also, they stated that they persistently practiced democratic centralism within their party. The party asserted that the Soviet Union was defaming the proletarian party along with the dictatorship of the proletariat. They accused the USSR of exaggerating the role of certain individuals. This was deemed to be aimed at Chairman Mao. Additionally they accused the USSR of perverting the teachings of Lenin on this topic. This statement by the Chinese Communist Party seems to clearly differ with the situation in China. If ever their was a cult of personality it would be a close race between Stalin and Mao Zedong.
In 1963 Nikita Khrushchev was still the leader of the USSR. He had exposed the cult of personality that Stalin had created for himself but did not directly accuse Chairman Mao of this, although it was clear by looking at various statements made by the Soviet Communist Party, they recognized this cult of personality that Chairman Mao Zedong had created for himself.
Was Communism an ideal incorporated into the Declaration of Independence?
The concept of Communism did not exist when the Declaration of Independence was written in 1776.
While socialism existed in theoretical form at the time of the Declaration of Independence; Communism was developed by Karl Marx and Frederich Engels in the 1840's.
Where was Lenin sent after being arrested in 1895?
Lenin was exiled to one of the more agreeable places in Siberia, a small town on the River Lena. At the time he was still Vladimir I. Ulyanov, but his time spent at the River Lena influenced him to adopt the name "Lenin."
What are Americans afraid of today?
I only know how to answer this question by examples that I've been exposed to, so please bear with the explanation. I've asked many this question, and only one thing has stayed the same in all answers, but some of them are intriguing.
Americans fear the unknown and undefined things they don't understand; but fail to recognize the ignorance. But I will come back to that. Every person I have spoken to has said they fear the Government of the United States and or the States - IE: America fears its own government as a whole. The only exception to this answer are members of government. In fact those members of government usually attempt to make you fear other parts of that government for the safety that 'they' promise.
You will find some that say they fear "Socialism" in the USA, but when pressed they cannot tell you what "Socialism" actually is, the same is true for any one of a few hundred "code words" that they have been taught to fear, but don't really know what these things mean. In these cases it is common for these persons to lash out in anger over their own ignorance, and or, to discount historical terms in favor of modernized views that are not really defining (at best).
Property is the ownership of a thing is the right of one or more persons to possess and use it to the exclusion of others. Goods refer to what is owned.
That party congress was in 1903.
Which prime minister strongly opposed communism?
Winston Churchill is probably the m ost known Prime Minister to oppose communism. Here are but a few quotes from Churchill about communism:
A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
Bolshevism is not a policy; it is a disease.
The day will come when it will be recognized without doubt throughout the civilized world that the strangling of Bolshevism at birth would have been an untold blessing to the human race.
How is communism still relevant today in china and Egypt?
China is rapidly turning into a mixed economy. a mixture of socialism and private enterprise
Egypt was never a communist state. and is now in a political state of flux.
No.
Communism is a distinct political ideology with varying schools within it concerned with destroying capitalism and creating a society where all humans are valued equally.
Tax is the appropriation of wealth by a state from its citizens in order to fund services.
