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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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Right after the October Revolution, in 1918 Russia was renamed the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. In 1922 it joined with the republics of Ukraine, Belorussia and the Transcaucasus Federation (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) to form the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Soviet Union. "Russia" was not simply renamed the Soviet Union.
What policy was adopted by the United States after world war 2 to prevent the spread of communism?
containment.
Karl Marx believed that the industrial-capitalist system was?
Marx believed that industrial capitalism would lead to unequal relationships between employers and employees. He believed that the situation of employees would further deteriorate as technical advances were made requiring fewer laborers.
In addition, Marx was certain that the capitalist system would lead to a workers revolution and bring about the dictatorship of the proletariat. Later this phase of Marxism would eventually lead to a world of communism. Based on Marx's science of history, it was inevitable that the events just mentioned would occur based on his "science" of human behavior.
How did lenin change marxism to fit the needs of Russian society and realities?
Lenin changed Marxism to fit the needs of Russian society and realities by changing Russia into a communist country and preventing any revolution from taking place.
What was the purpose of Lenin's New Economic Policy?
Lenin's New economic Policy was put in place to save the soviet union's economy. It introduced capitalism, replacing the previously socialistic economy.
The nep was supposed to create a stronger soviet union.
It was designed to do this by rebuilding the economy. After the Bolshevik takeover and two years of civil war and Lenin's "war communism," the Soviet economy was producing less than it had in the last years of the Tsarist regime. The NEP temporarily introduced some elements of capitalism in certain areas of the economy such as peasant agriculture and small businesses. The idea was that, especially the farmers, would be motivated to produce more crops.
What was the condition of the Russian revolution when Lenin died?
The Russian Revolution as well as the Russian Civil War were both concluded successfully by the time Lenin died in 1924.
Who was the Russian Revolutionary leader named Nikolai?
Vladimir Lenin was also known as Nikolai Lenin. He wrote some articles under that name.
Because he knew the country would turn on him and that sooner or later someone was going to come after him and kill him.
What Impact did Communism have on American society?
Americans spent a huge amount of money on a war that did not exist and wasn't going to. And Americans got a taste of communism themselves with McCarthyism.
The McCarthy hearings and the resultant blackballing of certain citizens who had committed no crimes also gave Americans an inside look at fascism.
Why do you think that many europeans fawored communism directly to following world war?
because Europe is in rubble and many people are dead or out of work and communism says that everyone gets a job and that there will be no poverty. Back then people were thinking about surviving instead of there rights as human beings.
What were the main problems facing Lenin after his successful October revolution?
Lenin and the Bolsheviks were experienced revolutionaries, but had no experience in running the government of a huge nation. Some of the main problems were:
1. How to organize Russia's industries. This meant that the problem of combining machinery, men, and raw materials needed to be figured out if the revolution was to succeed;
2. What these industries should focus on. Problems such as consumer good manufacturing versus heavy industrial activity;
3. Distribution methods to feed and cloth the population was a problem;
4. Were labor unions necessary, or should they be abolished was a extremely serious problem to be solved;
5. How to control the millions upon millions of peasants, and how to transport their crops to the cities; and
6. How should the former revolutionary Bolshevik Party now be organized. The Bolsheviks had been organized to create a revolution, not to operate a vast nation.
There were other problems as well, and the "other problem" was that Marxism did not have the answers to these specific Russian problems. This would have been averted in a highly developed industrial nation led by workers. The leaders were however, not workers but rather they were Marxist revolutionaries with a bloody background.
Additionally there soon would be the problem of the civil war in Russia.
Did Lenin help or hurt Russia?
Lenin and Communism was a complete diaster for Russia that it is only now recovering from.
the Truman Doctrine
What stopped the spread of communism?
Vietnam. Yes the yanks did get smashed by peasants, but as this ruined the entire country of Vietnam, no other country wanted to be like Vietnam.
Communism is always possible from my perpective any way
apparently china is still under communist regimes i think
in Australia communism is not permitted
as Sir Gordon Menzies OUTLAWED the CPA (Communist Party of Australia)
America im am not sure
communism is possible
anyone you talk to could have an idea about communism
you never know if they are communist or not
When did Mao Zedong first read the Communist Manifesto?
In 1918, Mao Zedong was a student at the University of Peking. He was still a student when he read in 1920-21 the Communist Manifesto. This work by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was a source of inspiration for the young Zedong.
What was the Communist League?
In 1847, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels had met in Paris in 1844 and they shared the same ideas concerning various forms of socialism. In 1847 they joined the Communist League, which also called itself the League of the Just. The League was a small, secret group of revolutionaries that were mainly Germans in exile. In the more liberal western Europe they could bring in trade union leaders and develop their own style of socialism.
According to Karl Marx what is the role of the communist party in the scheme of history?
Karl Marx believed that the communist party should serve as the vanguard of the proletariat, leading the working class in overthrowing the capitalist system. The party's role is to organize and mobilize the proletariat towards revolution, to establish a dictatorship of the proletariat, and eventually usher in a classless society.
Communism is threatening to people who are opposed to Communism because Communism does not offer a choice not to participate. Everyone under the Communist system must turn over all property and wealth to be redistributed by the leadership as they see fit.
On a larger scale, Communism cannot compete and therefore is hostile to all other economic and political models. This is why Marx and all successive Communist practicioners have sought to spark Communist revolutions all over the globe and why the Commintern's main goal to the spread of Communism.
Finally, Communism is an ideology based on the notion of acheiving a utopian world which may sound fine in theory but in practice it has shown to be a disaster. Additionally, Communism is based on class warfare and hatred which is dangerous.
What is the meaning of this Karl marx said relation is the opion of the people?
Karl Marx believed that people's ideas and beliefs are shaped by their material conditions and social relations. He argued that the dominant beliefs in a society often reflect the interests of the ruling class. Therefore, the way people see the world is influenced by the social and economic relationships they are a part of.
What is the Marxist definition of labor value?
According to Karl Marx's theory of labor value, a manufactured product is worth only the amount of labor which has gone into its making. Many economists and socialists who are not Marxists have concluded that the labor cost of obtaining raw materials from which a product is made at a factory, for example, is included in the actual value of the finished product. Using their ideas about labor value, the intrinsic value of the raw materials cannot be placed as part of the final value of the workers' labor.
