Communism

Communism--pure communism--is the political theory that people will thrive best under their own rule, meaning there are no bosses. Everyone decides communally what is best. There isn't much difference, in fact, between pure communism and pure democracy: one person, one vote. However, in pure communism, it is the duty of the individual to do what is best for the collective: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need....Pure communism differs from pure democracy in its belief that people will put aside their own selfishness for the communal good. There haven't been many examples of pure communism put in practice. Countries calling themselves communist have almost always been forcefully led by a small group who profited off the minority. Liberal is defined by the dictionary as that which is broad-minded and seeks improvement for the common good as opposed to conservative, which according to the dictionary, means seeking to maintain the status quo. These terms have become distorted by the modern culture to stand for or against certain beliefs, irrespective of the status quo or for that matter the common good. An entire treatise could be written about how ill-conceived notions of communism and liberalism have distorted public trust, each in their turn, but they are not the same and neither is inherently evil unless misused.

Joseph Stalin triumphed in their rivalry. Stalin had political alliances with too many highly placed Communist Party officials (like Groiry Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev) for Trotsky to resist. Stalin first had Trotsky expelled from the Communist Party, then exiled from the Soviet Union, then murdered in Mexico in 1940. Stalin ruled the Soviet Union singlehandedly from about 1928 till his death in 1953.

1. Communism surfaced in Russia, as a minor issue, during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, Lenin becoming active at this time, Possibly thru Japanese financing, since Japan was doing everything they could to inflict damage on their enemy (Tsarist regime).

2, Communism was an issue during the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917; they pulled out of WWI because of it.

3. Communism was an issue during Mao's take-over of China in 1949; after '49, China became Red China, and the non-communist Chinese fled to Taiwan (Formosa) becoming Nationialist China.

4. Communism was an issue in the Korean War. Preserving the Republic of South Korea...they exist today.

5. Communism was an issue in the Vietnam War. The Republic of South Vietnam could not be saved.

6. Communism was an issue with Castro's Lieutenant, Che Guevara; his mission was to create more Vietnam's in Central/South America; US Covert operations stopped him.

arms race

because he was the first leader of the soviet union in russia. like many dictators, he murdered many people, and also that was a very bad form of government (brought poverty, etc.)

bkuss he didnt

George Orwell was a socialist. He definitely opposed communism, you can tell by what happened to the communist settlement in "Animal Farm".

Domino Theory

The Communist Party held control of the Soviet Union under Lenin.

Lots of answers being thrown out and most are relatively good. Everyone though, fails to grasp the scope of the situation that allowed him to come into power.

As insulting as this may seem, as you read this response, think about our own country and the current situation and new President.

Around the world, national economies were tanking out, the U.S., Germany, England, France and Italy all were in the same boat. Regardless of where you looked, the story line was basically the same. People were unemployed, people were losing their homes to bank foreclosures, the cost of living was constantly going up and there seemed to be no end in sight. Most everyone blamed the previous administration for their troubles. In the U.S., it was Hoover. In Germany, it was von Hindenburg and the Weimar Republic.

A new political party had started to take hold (socialism/communism) and people began taking sides. Like most politicians, Hitler used fear as a tool to persuade people to vote for him. He convinced the industrialists that he could increase consumerism and in turn, production. All of which would restore national pride and standing both at home and in world standing. He was a man who'd never been heavily involved in politics, yet, he offered hope and a promise of change. The people were desperate and he played on it. They listened and voted for him and his new party. At first, it wasn't so great, he'd only won a foot hold in the German version of parliament. Given and inch, he took a mile. It wasn't long, and he had the whole world agreeing that he was the man of change. Even Time Magazine in the U.S. voted him "Man of the Year."

He promised hope, change, national greatness and he made good on those promises. He ignored the treaty that ended the first world war, he promised everyone a new car in their garage and gave them "the People's car" aka the Volkswagon "Beetle" (bug). The economy turned around and began to grow. People were working again.

Mao's view of Communism was much more like Marx's while Lenin changed different aspects of Marx's theories.

Hitler and Lenin never worked together as leaders of their separate countries, Germany and Russia. Lenin died in 1924 and so was not alive when Hitler took control. Hitler and Joseph Stalin did work together in a manner of speaking as leaders of their respective countries at least for a short time. The two leaders entered into a non-aggression pact designed to ensure that Germany would not have to fight Russia on the eastern front while it was going to be at war with France and England on the western front. They did not so much work together as just stay out of each other's way.

Joseph Stalin gained more power than any other person after Lenin died. In the last year of Lenin's life, Stalin led Russia along with Lev Kamenev and Grigory Zinoviev. Then Stalin gradually ousted Leon Trotsky, Nikolai Bukharin, Zinoviev and Kamenev from consideration as Lenin's sole successor. In 1929, Stalin became the sole power in the Soviet Union.

a member of the Communist party or movement.

Romania.

is communism a intractable conflict?

Leo Trotsky did inform the trade unions about the use of military force against workers in the 1920s.

because it would mean that the soviets would take control over everything

The remaining officially communist nations of the world are: North Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, and China. It is possible to argue that China no longer practices communism as an economic system although they still have a dictatorial form of government.

lenin

Nope, capitalism.

Communism in it's root form, is a great idea, I a communist, made my fair share of research before calling myself one, people call communism a dictatorship, in it's Marxist roots, municipal "soviets" or council (it's where the Soviet Union got it's name) are elected by the people and find ideas to improve the society, reroute if needed resources; a direct democracy, where the people have a direct word in the governmental process, if the idea receives more than 50% of popular vote, the change is made, if not, the change is not made. The idea behind communism is to put the economy in the hands of the government (which theoretically can't make changes without the direct** approval of the population) to control the prices, to reduce prices, provide healthcare with corporate revenue, but also destroy the gap between the "bourgeoisie" as Marx called it, today's "Rich class" and the worker's class, but the nature of man to always try to advance himself without regards to others, is the main driving point for anti-communists, which claim to be dictatorial, but truly isn't, only human nature makes it dictatorial, which is why it doesn't work in large areas, but have only been successful in municipalities, (see Twin Oaks community and the 1871 Paris Commune) to conclude, communism is a good ideology, but is undermined by the human nature's want to "further him/herself"

Stalin had a greater impact in the history of the USSR than anyone.

This answer is TRUE (I answered it on my quiz and got it right)

communism peak is located in the Tajikstan mountains