Communism : A Social, Economic, And Political Ideology

Communism is a system of social organisation which formerly consumed almost a third of countries in the entire world, having originated in Russia. The first official communist state was founded during the Russian revolutions in 1917, due to the inaugural communist political party ‘Bolsheviks’ gaining primal power. Afterwards, the influence of communism spread to other countries with the likes of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and East Germany to name a few. These countries that were governed on communist principles were known as the ‘Eastern Bloc’. Even countries in Asia were persuaded into the theoretically human equality system such as China, Laos and Vietnam. Communism was gathering strength to strength every year in the mid 20th century, but eventually its impact was wiped off in the late 20th century when the Berlin War was knocked down in 1989, ending the barrier between the Eastern and Western blocs. Communism arguably was the most influential social experiment in history, but also the most flawed and its failure to change the world permanently will always remain significant in history.

Three different types of economic systems used by governments are Communism, Capitalism, and Socialism. Each type of system is unique in different ways. Each has distinct aspects that make it what it is. In communism, the government runs everything and there are no social classes. The government in capitalism doesn’t interfere with any businesses and lets the citizens own and operate them. Socialism is basically a mixture of the two economic systems. The government runs certain businesses, but citizens run the rest. The three economic systems are different in the way they run things and regulate things.

1) After the Cold War Communism was the only thing America was afraid of. From 1950s to 1980s there was a theory called domino theory used by US during Cold War. The Domino Theory which means if any country comes under the influence of communism then the closest countries would follow in a domino effect.

The United States mission to eradicate and halt the spread of communism within Europe and Asia was a new challenge and a new responsibility. America hoped to effectively stop and fight against communism; which is had so vigorously fought against in WWII. The United States needed to control the communist ideas and influence it had on other countries; while preventing its influence ever coming to America. The United States planned on and hoped to stop the corruption of communism from the new threats; The Soviet Union and Asia.

“Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.” John F. Kennedy, September 25, 1961

The Second Red Scare was a fearful movement that happened as the World War II was ending. The fear was communism. Communism is a system of a social organization Many Americans were afraid that it would spread across the United States. During the growth of communism in 1949 Truman announced that there was an atomic bomb that the Soviet Union had erupted, Truman then begin to strengthened nations military for the possible Soviet Nuclear threat, Also, in China the Communist had gained control of the country and that’s when Americans started to worry that China had increased the spread to the United States.

Soon after the conclusion of World War II in 1945, Communism posed a threat in the United States. This threat, also known as the Red Scare, was triggered because of the tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. The tension between the two superpowers led to the beginning of the Cold War in the late 1940s. Because the Soviets were a communistic country, many Americans feared Communism because of the influence that it had in America. Many intellectuals supported Communism in the U.S. which led to more concern within the country. The communistic threat presented by the Soviets in the war led to the spread of Communism within the U.S. It was a fear that many Americans spoke out against in attempt to save the American

As the Red Scare intensified throughout the US people were getting more on edge over the situation at hand. Many thought that the “Reds” (Russia) had a real chance to take over. Then, the US came up with a bright idea and in my opinion, one of the first things to fight against the Red Scare. President Truman put into effect the Containment Policy. This policy was made to prevent the scare of Communism. If I was a citizen during this time I would feel safer that we were actually trying now to put a stop to the Communism spread. The Containment took place in three countries, Berlin Germany, Cuba, and Korea. It started with Berin, after Stalin wanted to seperate Berlin by a wall (East and West). This idea was improvised to close all highways, roads and everything that was a way out to get supplies. Its

Early in the 1990 Russia and Red China were on a mission to build up their armies to be the best in the world. Both counties wear communist counties this made the United States fearful that they were trying to spread. Communism throughout the world the United States government and other official became very fearful and resentful toward anyone from Russia or China. Many Chinese and Russian professors working at major universities lost their jobs, they could not gather together without interference and they were spied upon. There Russian and Chinese citizen now had their civil rights violated. This jean became known as the Red Scare. The government influenced public opinions that made the United States citizens see Russia and China as our enemies.

Citizens feared that communism could reach them, and this became known as the “Red Scare”, which is referred to in the article 1945-1952: The Early Cold War.   This fear changed American foreign relations, and made America more isolated from the rest of the

As tensions grew between the United States and the Soviet Union, the United States, who were fully aware of the use of American citizens as Soviet spies began to seek out these spies by testing the true loyalty of all government agents. President Truman, “mandated that all federal employees be analyzed to determine whether they were sufficiently loyal to the government” (“Red Scare”). These infiltrators were the cause of both this mandate and the Red Scare. The Red Scare was the fear of the spread of communism during the Cold War. The United States developed its goal of combating the spread of communism not only out of its opposition, but also out of fear that if the Soviet Union successfully spread communism to one country, then slowly, but progressively surrounding countries would also adopt communism. This is known as the Domino theory a term first used by President Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (“Domino Theory”). This same fear of the spread of communism was the reason the United States wanted to remain militarily superior to the Soviet Union. Seemingly they felt that if they were strong enough to insure mutually assured destruction they could provide a legitimate deterrence to the Soviet Union would not initiate a physical confrontation. These two objectives were created through the United States’ obligation to self-preservation and the nationalism displayed by the leaders within the country. They wanted to live in a free nation and they took action to secure themselves their

Marx understanding of society shift into modernism lead to develop a form of communism that would come to be known as Marxism, communism is the economic thought of Marxism. Marx understands that Modernism calls for society to embrace equality for the betterment of society. Part of the problem with Capitalism comes from its exploitation of the working class; Marx understands this problem to be a vein of Pre-modernism and not a pillar of Modernism. Marx calls for the working class to rise up over their bourgeoisie oppressors and seize the equality that rightfully belongs to them. “Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps, into two great classes directly facing each other – bourgeoisie and proletariat. (Communist pg. 9)” If society wants to embrace modernism, then society needs to shift its focus from fighting each other and one exploiting another to a classless society. Marx highly criticizes the bourgeoisie in The Communist Manifesto, and this stems from the problems they created for themselves and for the rest of society. In their attempt to gain more power, land, and resources, their material conditions, upon the prominence which their families had been formed, were dissipating due to the lack of foresight and selfish greed. If the Bourgeoisie continues to exploit the proletariat then society will head to conflict, as is expected of Pre-modernism, but if the Bourgeoisie cease its exploitation and relinquish its power for the group,

     Communism had one of the greatest political impacts than any other political ideas in the 20th century around the world. What is important and interesting about communism is its background, concept, and why many countries apply to this idea. This essay will generally focus on the background, ideology, and why the countries and political parties applied to this idea.

     What is Communism? Communism is the doctrine of the conditions of the liberation of the proletariat. It also can be defined as a conceptualized system of government in which resources and production facilities are the property of the entire society rather than individuals. In a communist society, labor is shared equally as well, and the benefits of labor are distributed according to need (Communism.4all 1). No one person shall be ranked higher than another and there is to be one person in charge of the society in a communism government. There are still to this day many countries that fall under the rule of communism and the ways they were transformed under communist rule is quite interesting.

In the beginning Communism seemed to the people of Russia as a utopian ideal. The promise of the elimination of classes, of guaranteed employment, "The creation of a comprehensive social security and welfare system for all citizens that would end the misery of workers once and for all." Lenin's own interpretation of the Marxian critique was that to achieve Communism there would first have to be a socialist dictatorship to first suppress any dissent or protest. Through coercive tactics this new government seized power and in 1917 Lenin came to power. Under his "rule" Russia underwent radical changes in it's economic doctrines adopting a mixed which was termed the New Economic Policy, also referred to as NEP. This