Essay on The Failure of Communism

Communism in China as we know has played a major role in the countries political system over the past century. Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao were the co-founders of the communist party in 1921. At the time China was in a world or turmoil ever since the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1911. For 10 years China was lost in a world with new ideas coming from all over the world. At the time, Duxiu and Dazhao saw an opportunity to bring change throughout a weakened China and they exploited it. The communist influence being brought by them and powers such as Russia influenced the Chinese way of thinking that Communism had new beliefs of the world and that all people should be seen as equal under the new government. Personally I am a very strong believer in

He begins trying to use a sort of a reverse psychology, by saying the communists do not write their principles specifically for the proletarians. Rather, just by chance, the communist vision is perfect for the proletarians to use. He said the problem of all other societies before this time have been a battle between the oppressors versus the oppressed. The basis of these battles has been property. So Communism looks to get rid of different classes in society. Therefore getting rid of different property levels or class levels. Marx says it best by “In sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.” He says with no private property there will be no reason to fight or feud.

The word ‘communism’ originated from ‘commun’, a French term meaning ‘belonging to all’. Before the actual foundation of communist parties and countries, there were people who had desired the theory of shared ownership and equal wealth among society for centuries. The earliest notable people to endorse this theoretical societal system included Greek philosopher Plato and religious leader

communism entered a period of crisis in the late 20th century. By the 1980's it

Communism is an economic and political system based on one-party government and state ownership of property. Many communists would soon put an end to private property, substituting government ownership of factories, railroads and other businesses. After the Red Scare communists "reds" cried out for

Throughout United States history, there has not been a more prominent and long lasting threat like the one of communism. It has been a threat to the democratic and capitalist ideals of the U.S. since before World War I, throughout the Cold War and is still until this day. When one thinks about communism, you conjure up images of the Red Scare that the Soviet Union induced and of other dictatorships throughout the western hemisphere and one might overlook the Marxist ideals that were being spread throughout our neighboring countries. These western countries were allies that the U.S. could not afford to lose during the Cold War. Latin America, which has many ties to the U.S., both geographically and politically, could pose a very strategic threat to the U.S. in its battle against communism. To understand Latin America’s communist history is to understand how much influence and intervention the U.S. had in the region during the Cold War. This report will serve to explain how communism spread to the western hemisphere, why the U.S. government had to stop that spread, and how they were able to stop many communist revolutions in Latin America.

Communism got its start in the late 1800’s when the ideas of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles were published in The Communist Manifesto. In the book Marx and Engles explain their ideal form of government and how it should operate (Hauss 204). Communism in its truest form is a type of socialism. Both authors believed that there were many flaws contained in the ideas of capitalism, and that communism would help to create equality. Marx and Engles felt that one of the most important aspects of the government were that their citizens must be free from hunger, disease, and poverty (Hauss 204). The founding fathers of communisms thoughts were indeed noble

Communism is the social and economic system where all the resources and wealth in a country is evenly owned and distributed to all citizens who live without classes. This sounds like an ideal way of living to any poor citizen. Communists see this being the only way to ensure freedom to all citizens because everything is shared equally. Communism “The ideal is one of full social equality that in its most extreme form…calls for the dissolution of the individual in the community… in other words, no private property.” Basically, Communism allowed every individual the same rights as everyone else. Everyone is employed, educated, and middle class. Communism started gaining popularity in the world after emerging victor of the Chinese Civil war. This

According to Merriam Webster, communism is “a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production”1 Communist societies are focused on state-run economies and lives. They emphasize

Communism is an economic system where the government owns the means of production, and is one where there is no private ownership because it is under the control of the communities or the state. Since its proposal in 1848 by German Philosophers, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, in their book, “The Communist Manifesto”, there are many who have been influenced by the writings of Marx and Engels. This has led to many revolutions and establishments of governments with the “communist ideals” of peace, solidarity, and labour.

Many political beliefs exist. Everyone has the right to chose what to believe in, what ideas to have, what to seek and how to achieve his goals. Political science is not very defined and strict. Specific rules saying that if one believes in a certain idea he should join a certain party do not exist. Certain things match certain group of people and other things this group of people would not accept. The same principle can be applied for countries. Communism appears to be successful for China, but it failed for Eastern European countries. It is very important the proper way of government to be found and used by the government of a country. The failure of the government can lead to failure in

The inefficiency of these economies played a huge part in the fall of the Soviet Union. Present communist parties are allowing bigger economic competition while in a one party rule. I do not believe they will be able to succeed because the Soviet Union was a good example why government control over a group is not a good idea for economics. Fail or succeed, Communism is not as prominent as it was in the beginning when it started. Karl Marx should have evaluated his beliefs and ideas more to see the problems that could occured. A very big problem with communism was that everything was to equal and in human nature we are led by many superiors, but Karl Marx did not believe in that. He thought there would be a fall to Capitalism because a leader could take over the government completely. But the flaw to Communism is that equality put too much stress on the working class and middle class, which leads to fall of the economy when there is a need of more income from the classes, but if they are all equal, this does not help at

     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.

The command system, which is also described as Marxism, socialism, or communism, is both a political and economic philosophy. In a communist economy, the government owns most of the firms, subsequently controlling production and allocation of resources. One of the most well-known and well-documented cases of a communist government took place in the Soviet Union, beginning in 1917 and eventually falling in 1992. Idealistically, communism eliminates social classism and provides equal work for all in a particular society. The government appoints a central planning board to “determine production goals for each enterprise and to specify the amount of resources to be allocated to each enterprise so that it can reach its production goals.”