3. Europe was devastated by World War II and the situation was worsened when it was divided between the East and the West. The East being Russian and its puppet satellite states. The West being the US and other democratic nations. When Stalin returned to Russia the country was in a terrible state.…
Three particular traits were responsible for the majority of the atrocities during the World War II era; for example, in Soviet Russia, persecution lead to millions of deaths in Gulags, the Soviet government 's complete control of individuals and society lead to the deaths of millions of Ukrainian peasants, and the use of police and military terror was responsible for the deaths of millions of civilians during the Great Purge of Stalin. Persecution was a key trait of totalitarianism that lead to millions of deaths in the Soviet Gulags during the World War II era. Persecution happens when perceived enemies of the state are mistreated and/or eliminated for ethnic, religious, or political reasons. Often, these enemies were the scapegoats for…
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.…
Dear Editor, I would like to propose writing an essay for your prestigious magazine about how the government has controlled and censored scientific information in the Soviet Union between 1924 and 1953 (Burns, Sorenson, and Goethals 1487-1490). During this time period, the Communist Party's ideologies and the opinions of those in power took priority over anything else, including established evidence and universally accepted truths (Burns, Sorenson, and Goethals 1487-1490). Because of Stalin's rapidly growing supporters, and because he became the leader of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party's views and ideas changed from being collectively developed to being synonymous to Stalin's views and ideas. Therefore, what Stalin said, the Communist Party expressed as their collective opinion (McCauley 103-104). Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1928 (Burns, Sorenson, and Goethals 1487-1488).…
As a citizen of the United State of American I can say that I am grateful to have a constitution that our founding fathers created. Most of all I am grateful that our country is a democracy and the people have the power to elect political officials. After researching forms of government and theories it has allowed me to understand what other individuals from different countries go through. Our democracy is broken up into two, direct and representative. I was able to look a different countries and their current control of government.…
Communism and collectivism are two types of government that dehumanize the human self and bring fear to many people. In a collective state, every person is born into an atmosphere where you are not an individual; you are part of a group. Properties are owned by the community or group and the well-being of the group takes priority over the individual 's well-being. Communism is a political movement which forces individuals to work towards the benefits of the state. The benefits of the group are driven by politics and properties and businesses are owned by the state instead of the individuals.…
Capitalism vs Socialism There are different types of economic systems the countries use to run their governments. Capitalism and Socialism are the most common systems adopted by the governments and generally these systems have been characterized to be the opposite of each other. On one hand, Capitalism is based on the premise that the means of productions or resources, in all of its forms, are owned by individuals, therefore the economy would depend on the profits of those individuals could generate, making this system dependable of the private sector. On the other hand, the Socialism is based on the principle that the sources are owned and controlled by the State or public and the government is in charge to make all the economic decisions…
The interwar years in Europe was the perfect environment for Communism, Fascism and Nazism to come to fruition, as a result of growing resentment and unhealed wounds from World War One. Dictators took power because of the failure of capitalistic and liberal ideologies. The rise of Communism, fascism and Nazism occurred under the respective leadership of Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. These individuals had differing approaches to accomplish their goals. But gist of their ideas is similar.…
The Cold War—a continuation of the struggles of World War II—brought even more challenges regarding racism and anti-immigrant sentiments. Americans who lived through the Great Depression were afraid of the American economy retreating back to the same level, and wanted the world to remain democratic for free trade and prosperity. Thus one of their greatest concerns was to contain communism and repress the growth of the USSR and China due to their communist regimes. As argued by Ngai, it seems that by the mid-1950s the U.S.—the citizens and the government—considered China its number one enemy.2 China was not only embraced communism, it was now actively attempting to spread it across Asia. One evidence of this was the fact that the Chinese communist…
Anthem by: Ayn Rand Communist society Vs. Capitalist society Life in the U.S. would be completely different if communism won in World War 2. Ayn Rand is an author that escaped from the communist Soviet Union. She wrote a book titled Anthem showing a horrific dystopian society ruled by communism. In this book the main character is a boy named Equality who lives in this dystopian society.…
The communism and capitalism clash polarized the world during the cold war. Since in the end a capitalist country won we were taught that the theory of communism is wrong and inferior to that of capitalism. The question that should be asked is whether a country’s economy would excel better while controlled through communism, in contrast to the free economy through capitalism. To decide which of these extreme socioeconomic theories meets the needs of its citizens one must look at the differences and similarities between the two. Capitalism and communism do share some similarities, but they also have indisputable differences regarding their origins, ideology, and geography…
In conclusion, Communism and Capitalism are both similar in how they are both common ways in which a society is run in different countries. These economies also differ vastly in theory, wealth distribution, and social-class…
Political Thought Final Essay Friedrich Engels was a German political philosophers whose theory of history held that all history was marked by class conflict involving an oppressor and an oppressed class. He believed that societies would go through the stages of primitive communism (hunter/gatherer), slave society, feudalism, capitalism, socialism, and communism. This is called historical materialism (Johnson, lecture), a development on Hegel’s Dialectical Materialism.…
‘Socialism’ is a transitory stage between capitalism and communism. The ultimate aim of a socialist state is the formation of a communist society. The primary difference between socialism and communism is that the former is a dictatorship of the ‘proletariat’ while the latter is a classless society. Hence, there is a state, a political party and a controlled economy in a socialist state whereas a communist state is one where the state completely ‘withers away’ and a classless society is…
All governments are created to maintain a certain degree of order. Some governments allow each citizen an equal opportunity to participate in political outcomes. Other governments restrict the ability of citizens to have any influence over their nation’s rule. Both cases fall within the scale of government types: from oppressive regimes to anarchist factions. Although these types can differ dramatically, the same goal of all governments remains alike.…