presented to the 35TH PHAVISMINDA CONFERENCE Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan May 24 – 26‚ 2012 In the struggle for Philippine democracy‚ two sectors have played a vital role: Christians and Marxists. During the Marcos dictatorship‚ the Communists led an armed opposition against the dictatorship with the objective of establishing a national democratic (ND) society. Progressive Christians1 opposed Marcos’ authoritarian regime because of grave human rights violations and demanded the restoration
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asks of society and its members to be absolutely without ranks‚ without greed or leadership. This has been clearly impossible for society. Each step to achieving a communist establishment has been‚ continues to be‚ and will be‚ in actuality‚ a step towards the totalitarian societies of past and current so-called communist countries. Communism became popular solely in under-developed countries‚ contrary to Marx’s beliefs as to what should happen‚ and its rise in these countries
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great modern economist‚ Marx is undoubtedly the economist that has had the biggest impact on economic history. It was he that masterminded the concept of a socialist utopia‚ which ultimately led to over a third of the world been ruled under the communist regime ‚ a model that Marx concocted. Born on 5 May 1818‚ in Trier‚ one of Germany’s oldest cities‚ Marx was the first economist who infused history‚ philosophy‚ economics‚ sociology and political theory all into his work. Marx was ahead of his time
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Karl Marx was a communist; he was a part of the ‘’perfect society’’. I am arguing against this because communism is wrong. It’s wrong because the communists can take your property for government purposes‚ and you can’t do anything about it. If you live in a communist country‚ you don’t have any rights‚ which I think is nuts. Marx wrote the Communist Manifesto‚ which explained his crazy theories. Communists say that religion is suffering and is heartless‚ and that atheism is natural and more believable
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CAPITALISM VS COMMUNISM Contents 1.Capitalism a. What is capitalism? b. Historical development of capitalism c. Features of capitalism d. Merits of capitalism e. Demerits of capitalism 2.Communism a. What is communism? b. Historical background of communism c. Principels of communism d. Advantages of communism e. Disadvantages of communism 3.Comparision of capitalism and communism 4.Conclusion CAPITALISM a. What is capitalism?
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its end of as the citizens united and took control of the corrupt system that demoralized them and treated them equally to machines. Marx argues that class struggles are the driving force that keeps the world thriving. However‚ throughout Communist Manifesto‚ the main argument is that class struggles can be resolved while still having a thriving society. The problem with the Industrial Revolution was not the machines
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In the present social and political conditions‚ theorists like Marx‚ Mills and Nietzsche have presented different understanding on individuals and conformity. All three theorists have offered varied responses regarding the rules we conform to today that are outdated and have lost meaning. For example‚ same sex marriage laws which are illegal in some developing countries can be viewed as meaningless. Mills developed his theories on these kind of laws. At the time the laws were set‚ they had justified
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are farmers and factory or construction workers. This has caused political groups in China to criticize the economic policies of the government‚ one stating that the Chinese have "colonized their own citizens". Life has become so bad that some Communist Party officials feel that social unrest is inevitable‚ perhaps even another revolution. In response the Chinese government has said they would increase workers wages and stop their abuse of workers but many believe that nothing will be done. Considering
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Charles. Hard Times. New York: New American Library. 1997. Headrick‚ Daniel R. The Tools of Empire Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 1981. Marx‚ Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto. New York: Bantam Books‚ 1992.
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peak. After Khrushchev ended the speech with saying “We will bury you‚” the Communist tried to proof that the era of capitalism over‚ which means that people are reached to the final destination as Karl Marx (a first person to come up the idea of the communism) stated in the communist Manifesto. The Cold War could be seen as the time that dictatorship of the proletariat tried to spread the communism and become a real communist state; the opposition was the capitalist bourgeoisie‚ the first world. There
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