Communism



What is communism?

Communism is a economic and social system in which properties and resources are equally share between the citizens. The system is based on the  1848 publication "communist manifesto", by Karl Marx (1818-1883), and Friedrich Engels(1829-1895),both political philosophers.

Pros and cons of communism:

Pros: -Economy is based on democracy. -No discrimaniton because of money or class. -No unecessary spending. -0% of unemployment. -Free health and education service. -You dont need to worry about money.

Cons: -Many communism government failed. -The government owns everything. -Many communist economies haven't flourished. -Little freedom. -Strict laws -Little economic growth.

History of Communism

Communism was founded by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the second half of the 19th century. Both met in 1844, they discovered that both of them think really similar, in 1848 they wrote and published "The communist manifesto"(text in which communism is based), their purpose was to end with capitalism system.The history of communism as movement began with Vladimir Ilich Lenin, revolutionary and politician, who began a bloody revolution against russia monarchy in the year of 1917, imposing his political ideals. Finally Joseph Stalin suceeded Lenin as communist party leader and in 1924 he established The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R) making Russia the first communist nation.

Communist theory

-Everyone in a society receives equal amount of the offer benefits. -Allow poor people to rise up and attain economic and social status of the middle class. -Upper class is brought down to the same economic and social level of the middle class. -Everyone need to achieve equality. -All means of production are controlled by the state, in other words no one can own his or her business or produce his or her goods because the state owns everything.

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