Similarities Between Mexico And Russian Revolutions
Both Mexico and Russia faced social unrest in the lower classes in the early 1900’s, which resulted in revolts. Besides the two most common, land redistribution and unsuccessful social reforms, the growing inequality gap between the rich and poor, along with unfair labor laws played a critical element in the success of these revolts. Both revolutions share the same common characteristics of the goal to improve conditions for the working, lower class. Education would have certainly played a vital role in the increased success of the revolutions. Furthermore, only wealthy children in Mexico had the ability to get an education. As the video mentioned, children of all ages were working to help their family. It was similar case for Russia, I found
that nearly 60% of the population was illiterate during the first Russia Revolution in 1917. This makes it very difficult for the message of the revolution to spread via newspaper and other sources that involve reading. The telegraph I would suspect helped connect individuals together to revolt against the poor working conditions. As for training, I think if the lower class was trained death tolls would have been lower. I would also argue if literacy rates were higher, training would have not been a necessity, as the issue could have been resolved through communication. The literacy rate in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution was only 15%! This is a jaw-dropping statistic considering it was becoming increasingly modernized. The political disunions between Zapata and Villa may been due to this lack of formal education. If literacy rates were higher, a common ground could have potentially been established earlier, leading to a faster, less violent revolution. This copious percentage of the population that was unable to read could have also had a factor on the series of other leaders before finally finding stability in 1920. Although both shared similarities to undergo revolutions, which were to improve working conditions for the lower class, the aftermath of these revolutions took separate paths in changing their economic model. The Russians converted to communism from capitalism, as the felt capitalism was the cause for this inequality. Whereas, the Mexicans believe Dias was the problem and they elected to continue with the same government except increased reforms to support the lower working class, such as land redistributions, education, and religion.
that nearly 60% of the population was illiterate during the first Russia Revolution in 1917. This makes it very difficult for the message of the revolution to spread via newspaper and other sources that involve reading. The telegraph I would suspect helped connect individuals together to revolt against the poor working conditions. As for training, I think if the lower class was trained death tolls would have been lower. I would also argue if literacy rates were higher, training would have not been a necessity, as the issue could have been resolved through communication. The literacy rate in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution was only 15%! This is a jaw-dropping statistic considering it was becoming increasingly modernized. The political disunions between Zapata and Villa may been due to this lack of formal education. If literacy rates were higher, a common ground could have potentially been established earlier, leading to a faster, less violent revolution. This copious percentage of the population that was unable to read could have also had a factor on the series of other leaders before finally finding stability in 1920. Although both shared similarities to undergo revolutions, which were to improve working conditions for the lower class, the aftermath of these revolutions took separate paths in changing their economic model. The Russians converted to communism from capitalism, as the felt capitalism was the cause for this inequality. Whereas, the Mexicans believe Dias was the problem and they elected to continue with the same government except increased reforms to support the lower working class, such as land redistributions, education, and religion.