Communism (from Latin communis - common‚ universal) is a revolutionary socialist movement to create a classless‚ moneyless[1][2] and stateless social order structured upon common ownership of the means of production‚ as well as a social‚ political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of this social order.[3] This movement‚ in its Marxist–Leninist interpretations‚ significantly influenced the history of the 20th century‚ which saw intense rivalry between the "socialist world" (socialist
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Mary McAuley sets out to describe the failure of communism in Russia and its sudden collapse in 1989-91. The Russian political experiment failed due to the following reasons‚ Communist theory assumes that all humans are basically good‚ well-motivated‚ and possess equal capabilities and motivation. This simply isn’t so‚ and Communism never found any way to overcome the problems this assumption caused. The failure of communism is due to human nature. Power corrupts. If Stalin was not corrupted by his
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Free speech‚ more than any other of America’s values‚ has been the touchstone of American democracy dating back to the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment‚ created in 1791‚ is so important because “without our basic and essential rights established by that first amendment‚ the others amendments would have little to no meaning and hardly any force.” It shows the creativity and innovativeness of American democracy. The Amendment states‚ “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion
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Within the treaty‚ Soviet Union gave a loan of $300 million to the PCR as they suffered economic problems due a decade of intense warfare. This treaty meant that two of the strongest communist states had joined forces‚ which only made the spread of communism more likely – something that the United States wanted to avoid. The Korean War 1950-1953 United States administered the southern zone of Korea‚ whilst the Soviets administered the northern zone. On June 25 1950‚ North Korean forces crossed the 38th
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to eradicate all traces of communism from the earth (or at least America). Right away‚ he went after Hollywood‚ black-listing anyone involved in the entertainment industry whom he thought might be linked with communists. The following year‚ he released a list to the public with the names of 154 organizations he believed to have communist affiliations. This initially gained him support from the citizens‚ as 110 of those organizations did have some form of link to communism. McCarthy managed to drum
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during the 1920s became known as the Red Scare. Marxism‚ created by philosopher Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels‚ is an economic system that criticizes capitalism. Many often think of Marxism as a type of socialism. Marxism is the foundation that communism is built on which says that one should live in a “socialist‚ classless society” (Marxism). Marx and Engels wrote a book entitle “The Communist Manifesto‚” which encourages the working class to overthrow the upper class. He makes a point of saying
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A totalitarian state‚ is a where the central government of a state does not tolerate any parties with opposing views and exercises complete dictatorial rule over all or most aspects of life. Lenin‚ the leader of the Bolsheviks‚ took many measures in an attempt to create a totalitarian state‚ including the dissolution of Constituent Assembly‚ the use of decrees and the establishment of a secret police group called the Cheka. However there were also some ways in which he failed to achieve full totalitarianism
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authority but more importantly‚ democratizing and rationalizing the governments of these nations‚ forcing them to represent the needs of the people‚ as opposed to the needs of the Nobles and the papal elite. He lastly addresses the idea that modern communism was rooted in the ideology of the French revolution; he quickly puts this out by explaining that there are no direct parallels between
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In “The Killing Fields”‚ totalitarian rule is demonstrated countless times throughout the course of the movie. Totalitarian rule is a type of dictatorship where usually one person rules the state and strives to control every aspect of his or her citizen’s private and public life. The type of government that uses totalitarian rule is a dictatorship because totalitarian rulers take power by force and there is a single lone person in charge. Totalitarian leaders maintain their power by strong propaganda
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Cold War started was the conflict between the ideas of Capitalism and Communism. The Cold War started‚ after the end of World War 2. The conflict of ideology between Russia and America was at an all-time high. Russia ideology was to spread Communism‚ whereas America ideology was to spread Capitalism. With Communism‚ everybody would be
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