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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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What was a cold war policy that pledge U S support for free peoples resisting communism?
truman doctrine
What system of government grew from ideas of Karl Marx?
Socialism, mainly. Communism was theorized by Marx, but no true Communist government ever came into being. All of the so-called Communist governments are totalitarian socialist states. They were practically the opposite of Marx's idea of Communism, since workers were generally worse off than they were under capitalism and the governments were more repressive. In addition, social classes remained firmly entrenched. The only difference was that revolutionaries displaced the aristocrats as the upper class.
What happened at the Paris Peace talks that lead Ho Chi Minh toward Communism?
Ho Chi Minh became a communist in the 1920's. The Geneva talks separated the North from the South, ending the French war in 1954. The Paris Peace Accord in 1973 ended US involvement in the war.
How did Soviet Union get fruits and vegetables during communism?
The Soviet Union was state capitalist, not Communist (which would mean it had no rulers and no money).
How was communism in the soviet union a rejection of liberalism?
SU rejected liberalism by removing the people's rights and freedom. Also, during the leadership of Stalin, he rejected the people's opinion, everyone that have opposed him, goes to jail or executed.
What year did Lenin found Bolshevism?
In 1903, at the Russian Social Democratic Party Congress in Brussels, Belgium, Lenin adopted the name Bolshevik as the name for his faction of the Marxist RSDP. Lenin's group was more radical than the rest of the RSDP, which became known as the Mensheviks. Lenin's ideas had been forming over the years prior to this; however this was the first time the name Bolshevism was applied to Lenin's philosophy of the way to attain first socialism and then communism.
The world of democracy was referred to as the "free world", and the communist countries were referred to as, "communist countries". The leaders of those two factions, were referred to as the "super-powers." The super-powers were the United States, and to a lesser degree, Great Britain and France, representing the free world. The super-powers representing the communist nations were, The Soviet Union (Russia) and Red China (Communist China). There was NO war going on between these super-powers...so it was called a "cold war." The communist super-powers were supporting a smaller country to fight in their place, and that was North Vietnam. This fight (war) was "HOT". "Hot" meaning real bullets and bombs, real killing, and real buildings being destroyed. In a "cold war" no one gets hurt, no buildings are damaged, real bullets are not used (blanks are used during manuevers). The allies, consisting of the US, South Vietnam, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and the Philippines were fighting (in a "Hot") war against North Vietnam and the Viet Cong (VC-communists living in South Vietnam), who were SUPPLIED with aircraft, tanks, AK-47's, artillery, Surface to Air Missiles (SAM's), patrol boats, etc. from the Communist Super-Powers of the Soviet Union & Red China.
What was the view of Vladimir Lenin on revolutions in his publication called What Is To Be Done?
In his publication of What Is To Be Done, in 1902, Lenin spelled out his reasoning on a key part of transforming Russia. On the left he had opponents who wanted to see a deterministic Marxism that would birth from a democratic or popular political process. Lenin was against this and argued that any revolution needed to be handled by professional revolutionaries like himself. Also, only the dictatorship of the proletariat as opposed to some parliamentary government could move history in the correct path.This doctrine is amazing in its total disregard of human dignity and a peaceful form of socialism. It would make Marx oppose such a view.
Was Lenin justified in closing down the Constituent Assembly in 1918?
the answer is in the eye of the beholder
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin certainly had his bad points; many things associated with Stalin, such as death camps and little political tolerance for opposition, started with Lenin. However, in his personal life and overarching goals he was rather noble, and he truly tried to create a better world for the proletariat. He was not violently prejudiced against particular groups or races, like Hitler and Stalin later were, and he attempted to stop the imperialism sweeping the globe by empowering the poor and downtrodden.
What are two works written by Karl Marx?
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Karl Marx was a prolific writer. His most famous works are the Communist Manifesto and various additions of Das Kapital. Most of his books dealt with the economical side of history or in "pure economic science". This would include his work called Political Economy. He also tackled other subjects and yes, wrote them in terms of class struggle and the economic sciences behind the history of mankind. He wrote The Civil War in France as one historical treatise. Marx was a "political philosopher" and borrowed ideas from Hegel and Hegel's ideas of thesis, antithesis and synthesis. As a philosopher he developed dialectical materialism, which was the "science" behind his economic and political ideas. He had little respect for most of the philosophers before him. Thus he wrote The Poverty of Philosophy.
In totality he authored approximately 30 or more books that always had a scientific socialist theme.
What is the difference between communism and capitalism?
Preliminary: it is critical to note that communism and capitalism are not types of states, regimes, or governments. Communism and capitalism describe modes of economic organization, not political organization.
Answer: communism and capitalism are both economic modes of organization characterized by different relations of property and normative views.
In capitalism, socially-shared property is mostly held privately, interest is used from capital investment to fuel more investment, and social relations in production are mediated by wage-labour, where laborers contract out their time in return for financial compensation. Morally, capitalism (usually) combines with rights-based theories that emphasize freedom and equality of opportunity.
In communism, socially-shared property is held almost exclusively socially, usury is (usually) considered immoral, and social relations in production are mediated by open and equal individuals, since the means of living and development are provided socially. Morally, communism (usually) combines with moral theories that emphasize capacity (skill, ability, etc.) and equality of wealth.
What best explains how Vladimir Lenin changed the political culture of Russia?
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Lenin's influence eventually led the Russian people to embrace communism.
Why does Lenin reject trade unionism for the working class?
Lenin rejected trade unionism for workers because he felt it was counter-revolutionary. Trade unions work for the betterment of their own members rather than for the good of the entire society. He saw this as nothing short of capitalism at work. Anything that benefited an individual or small group of individuals at the expense of the state was not to be permitted.
How did Joseph Stalin used communism as a lie?
Stalin was a state capitalist dictator; no connection to Communism.
How did Lenin die in the Russian Revolution?
Vladimir Lenin did not die in the Russian Revolution. He survived not only the revolution but also the following Russian civil War, which ended in 1920. Lenin died in 1924 of natural causes after suffering three strokes beginning in 1922.
What changes were made after Lenin took over the Russian government?
Vladimir Lenin dissolved the Russian Empire and replaced it with the Soviet Union, a one-party socialist state where all land, natural resources, and industry were confiscated and made part of the government.
Lenin was arrested in 1897 for forming an illegal trade union. He was sentenced to a year in prison and exiled to Siberia until 1900.
What was the 'sealed train' Lenin used to return to Russia from Germany in 1917?
It was a diplomatically-sealed train originating in Switzerland and bound for Russia, traversing Germany and Sweden. The Germans allowed the transit, not taking any chances that Lenin would disembark in Germany to spread his Communist propaganda, but fully welcoming the idea of him inciting revolt in Russia, which was at war with Germany.
For this, Lenin's foes in Russia had denounced him as a "German spy". While he most likely was not anybody's spy, the revolution he eventually led certainly played into Germans' hands.
What did Joseph McCarthy do to heighten anxiety over communism?
McCarthy claimed that there were known communists in the State Department. He held investigations and hearings and which ruined many careers. Presidents Truman and Eisenhower so feared his influence with the public that they did nothing to stop him. When McCarthy attacked the US Army as a hotbed of communist activity, the Senate finally censored him and he died a broken politician.
How long did the Soviet Union try to spread communism?
The Soviet Union tried to export communism to the world almost as soon as the Bolsheviks led by Lenin be lived that they were in firm control of Russia to the end of the USSA aka Soviet Union's total collapse in the last decade of the 20th century. After WW2, Stalin occupied most of Eastern Europe and he set up local communist leaders in these countries. It was clear to world leaders in the USSR, the West and other nations that the spread of "Soviet style communism" had a better chance to succeed based on how many more countries became communist. One success was the creation of a communist government in Cuba. The leaders of the USSR ( which by the way meant the "Russian Politburo" ) were hopeful that Cuba's leader, Fidel Castro could spread communism to South America. This never happened as Castro's partner and leader of the South American cause Che Guevara was killed in Bolivia.
After WW2 when China became a communist nation along with North Korea, the USSR seemed somewhat successful in their goals. By 1972, Vietnam became a communist country as well.
A rather huge set back to both China and the USSR came around 1960. This was called the Sino-Soviet Split. China had a radical agenda with regards to the spread of communism, most of which the Chinese leadership believed it could control in Southeast Asia. The success in Vietnam was followed by the communist leaders in Cambodia.
But lets return to the 1960 Sino-Soviet rift. The radical Chinese communists led by Mao Tse-Dong believed that "Russia" was drifting away from radical Marxism with its policy of "detente" with the West. Russia was called the "running dogs of capitalism" by the Chinese. The Soviets did not appreciate being named as a culprit in the slow down of communism in Western Europe, North and South America.
The result was that the Soviets began to stop sharing high level technology they had with China. This hampered China as it needed hi-tech information to pull itself out of a poor economy and no internal resources to generate their own. The Soviets made it clear by troopand missiledeployments, that China was forgetting who was the leader in communism, namely themselves.
China was not always forth coming with its own crusade to spread communism in Vietnam as a prime example. According to Nikita Khrushchev, he was present at a meeting between Ho Chi Minh, leader of North Vietnam and the Chinese leadership. Ho was asking China for military support in its campaign against the French in South Vietnam. The Chinese response was that they could not help due to the crushing losses they absorbed by helping the North Koreans.. Ho was ready to give up according to Khruschev. This was unknown by the French who indicated they were quitting the action in South Vietnam. For their purposes thay announced this before Ho was going to make his announcement. This changed everything.
What caused a famine in the Soviet Union in 1946?
One of the causes of the famine in the Soviet Union in 1946 was the World War II.
Is the Red Ribbon Army in Dragon Ball a reference to the Communist Bolshevik Soviet Union?
Officially, the Red Ribbon Army in the Dragon Ball series is not a reference to the former Soviet Union, a Communist country. However, some may interpret it as such, because Communists were colloquially known as reds.
