Ideologies In The 20th Century: Democracy Vs Communism

Throughout the 20th century, the great clash of ideologies occurred, being known as democracy versus communism. More specifically, many ideologies that had emerged from this era revolve around the idea of socialism. Ideologies such as Marxism-Leninism in Russia or Maoism in China crop up and create new foes of democracy. Many of these socialist ideologies hold their appeal to groups in the Global south due to their high levels of poverty. Many of these people are stricken economically and find socialism as an escape from poverty as well as promise of security. Despite the democratic victory of the cold war, many socialist groups still exist today including: the Zapatistas, the Nepali Communists, and FARC. These groups, respectively from Mexico, …show more content…
The group took their country by storm as they replaced their monarch system and got multiple seats in their newly formed government, which shows strong support for their beliefs by their followers. Due to their high popularity in the government, their supporters must also support Maoist ideals and the structure they want to put into place. On the other hand, there are many who do not support the Nepalese communists and believe that they are evil. Some argue that the group’s force was unnecessary and that the previous form of government was fine. Thus, the followers, supporters, and revolutionaries strongly believe in the new government system and the Maoist ideals are integral to succeed in their …show more content…
This trait is that they effectively appeal to the poor with their common goals of socialism. The basis of their ideologies is to create a system that is equal for all people and rids their government of the elites who corrupt and supply aid to the poor. They all similarly appeal to those in the lower economic class as they are the group most likely to benefit from the changes pursued by the groups. These groups also “guarantee” security for the people as they become incentivized to join the groups rather than being a sitting duck in the middle of a battlefield. The groups effectively recruit the peasants of their country as they make up a large portion of their supporters, followers, and revolutionaries. As far as differences in the poor, the only main differences exists in the type of socialism they exhibit. For the Zapatistas, they practice revolutionary socialism. For the Nepal communists, they practice Maoism. And for the FARC, they practice both Marxism-Leninism and Maoism. Thus, the social groups contain very similar traits that are rooted from the common ground of