SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND WHY IT MATTERS FOR THE ECONOMIC AND DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPE AND ITS CITIZENS: POST-COMMUNIST CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE DELIVERABLE 2 DESK RESEARCH RUSSIA Evdokimova E.P.; Eremitcheva G.V.; Ignatova S.N.; Poretskina E.M. Sociological Institute of Russia Academy of Sciences. Scientific consultants: Man’ko Ju.V.‚ St.Petersburg University of Technology and Design‚ professor Olimpieva I.B.‚ Cenetr of Independent Social Research‚ PhD
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For the longest time‚ capitalism and socialism have been two of the most argued and debated topics. Many view socialism as the better choice because it evens out and distributes the wealth so not only one individual or a group of individuals control it all‚ and because socialists tend to pay more heed and take more caution in the careless using up of natural resources. Capitalism can be seen as the better economic choice because capitalist countries are usually much more technologically advanced
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Undeniably‚ capitalism is the most dynamic social and economic system ever found on earth. With its fundamental principles of individual rights‚ free market‚ and the ultimate purpose of profit seeking‚ the modern capitalism has created the most prosperous time ever known in human history. The recent history also witnesses that capitalism has transformed and built American into an economic superpower on earth. However‚ the intrinsic nature of capitalism is just like any kind of magic drug. The
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This piece was created out of Wales‚ though from Wales‚ it still depicts the turnout of Modern Communism and how it became a skewed‚ uneven sociology instead of the communal‚ equal community that it was thought to create in The Communist Manifesto. Wales was actually home to one of many big and powerful communist parties‚ infact “Lenin considered the
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Despite the governments attempt to restore equality and economic growth throughout the country‚ democratic capitalism has failed. Under a capitalistic democracy‚ inequality among citizens continues to rise‚ which results in economic loss. As a result‚ the rich maintains power over the middle and lower class‚ resulting in unnecessary waste and starvation. Since the upper class possesses dominance over the vasty majority of the population‚ decisions are found to only benefit the ones with control.
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“Any cook should be able to run the country‚” said Vladimir Lenin‚ a renowned Russian revolutionary and devout communist‚ while preaching the keystone principles of both communism and socialism. While similar‚ Communism and Socialism have many differences that create a minuscule divide between the two ideologies that can be seen by a negligent eye as the same. First published in 1827 England‚ and five years later in France‚ Socialism became a large part of the region’s history. Conveniently beginning
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differences. The Soviet Union was the birthplace of communism and a huge proponent of it. Communism and capitalism are directly opposites. This caused tension between the countries which eventually led to the culmination of the Cold War. It was an obvious fact that the Soviet Union wanted to expand the size of its empire. The United States’ efforts to oppose this expansion were known as containment. The United States was able to contain communism by aiding West Berlin‚ intervening in the Korean War
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The Rise of Communism in Russia "Unless we accept the claim that LeninÕs coup dÕtat gave birth to an entirely new state‚ and indeed to a new era in the history of mankind‚ we must recognize in todayÕs Soviet Union the old empire of the Russians -- the only empire that survived into the mid 1980’s" (Luttwak‚ 1). In their Communist Manifesto of 1848‚ Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels applied the term communism to a final stage of socialism in which all class differences would disappear
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Despite the poor working conditions and the inequality that industrialization under capitalism creates (“The Industrial Revolution and Economic Growth”‚ 529) it is still a necessary step for Russia because it lays the groundwork for a successful socialist and eventually communist system of government that will allow all members of Russia to flourish. “[The Communist] openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions;”(Carl Marks and Friedrich
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Capitalism and socialism are economic systems that both began in 1750. In my opinion‚ capitalism is a better system because it includes private property and capital accumulations. Capitalism affords economic freedom. It also affords consumer choice and economic growth. Capitalism and socialism are somewhat opposing schools of thought in economics. The central arguments in the socialism vs. capitalism debate are about economic equality and the role of government. Capitalism is an economic system
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