PLATO’S THEORY OF COMMUNISM Plato was born in may/june 428/27 BC in Athens in an aristocratic family . Plato’s real name was Aristocles.He excelled in the study of music ‚ mathematics ‚poetry and rhetoric . Plato met with Socrates in 407 BC and became his desciple . The execution of Socrates proved to be the turning point of Plato’s life . Plato left Athens and went to many countries ‚ studying mathematics and the historical traditions of the priests . He returned to Athens in 386 BC and established
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turned to Communism to answer the problems that Capitalism seem unable to solve. Although the Great Depression affected each class negatively‚ the middle/lower class seemed to be hit the hardest because of stock market crash combined with the dust bowl movement. At the time of the Great Depression‚ creating an equal class really sounded like a good idea because of its sympathy towards the working class rather than business owners. The appeal of Communism was protect
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Extended Essay on History: Candidate Name: Gebriel Abebe Balcha Candidate Number: 00751-018 Communism in Ethiopia 1974-1987 Research Question: To what extent was the Ethiopian Derg Regime a communist regime? WORD COUNT: 3‚983 Abstract This extended essay deals with the research question: To what extent was the Ethiopian Derg Regime a Communist Regime following Marxist-Leninist ideology? It looks at the Derg Regime and
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↦How successful were the USA’s attempts to contain Communism in Cuba‚ 1959-1961? Until 1959 Cuba was an American ally‚ ruled by Fulgencio Batista. Although he was a dictator‚ he was heavily backed up by Americans which was important as most of the businesses were owned by Americans. However‚ in January of 1959‚ Batista was overthrown by Castro‚ the leader of guerrilla‚ in a revolution. He was strongly socialist‚ and started reforms on Cuba by distributing land between peasants‚ called the Agrarian
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Communism in Malaysia Communism as an ideology was first introduced to Malaya by Chinese anarchists‚ and not by Kuomintang Left‚ Indonesian communists or Chinese communists as claimed in existing scholarship. A handful of Chinese anarchists arrived in British Malaya during the First World War to take up positions as Chinese vernacular school teachers or journalists. These Chinese intellectuals harboured not only anarchism but also communism‚ commonly known then as anarchy-communism. The withdrawal
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peace and harmony. Communism was spreading across Eastern Europe via the Soviet Union‚ much to the disapproval of the United States and Great Britain‚ who were originally allies with the Soviets during WWII in the fight against Germany. This spread of communism caused for the USSR’s power to rapidly increase‚ while also bringing forth the same paranoia and anti-communist sentiments to American citizens that had been seen once before in the original Red Scare. The spread of communism through Eastern
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War II‚ the United States and the Soviet Union had some differences on their perspectives of the world. United States being the richest country in the world promoted democracy and capitalism in the world. The newly formed Soviet Union thought that communism was a better political system because it transformed their economy and status in the world from nothing but a declining empire to a super power once again. The Cold War was a long series of events in which the communist tried to spread their ideas
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Introduction: Following the release of his immensely popular 1934 film Jolly Fellows‚ director Grigori Aleksandrov found himself in an unenviable dilemma. While his films were quite successful with the Soviet people‚ the state itself was less than impressed with the lack of ideological content. And‚ given how they had full control over the making of future films‚ Aleksandrov realized that his career was potentially at risk‚ especially given the strict standards the censorship board followed in the
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presidential election. Socialism and socialistic values are increasing in America‚ so it is important to understand the system we have now and the one proposed by socialists. The two ideologies clash in‚ “Is capitalism really better than socialism or communism?” Derrick Wilburn’s 2015 article published on stridentconservative.com‚ and Jesse Myerson’s 2014 article published in Salon‚ “Why you’re wrong about
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Communism (Marxism) swept the world in the 1900s by being an ’easy fix’ for a struggling economic country. It gives everyone a job‚ the same things (food‚ money‚ and necessities)‚ and most importantly: no power. (Johnson‚ 2005) Communism basically dehumanizes the country. No one is an individual. Everyone is equally successful and equally de-powered. The government controls
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