Declaration Of Injustice Vietnam Analysis

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This is the question that many Vietnamese, especially the immigrants and the refugees in America, have been wondering: is Communism/ Socialism the right path for Vietnam? Not many Vietnamese dare to ask this question in public due to the oppression of the Communist Party. Nevertheless, I was given the opportunity to express my contempt towards the Party and my own country publicly.
It all began in my junior year. My English teacher gave our class a project before the final exam: with a partner, write and film a “Declaration of Injustice” based on the “Declaration of Independence” by Thomas Jefferson. The idea of unraveling the dark secret of the Communist Party of Vietnam was embedded in my head since the Junior High years. Luckily, my partner, which happened to be a Vietnamese, had the same ideal as me! For many years, the Communist Party has been doing
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After the 1975 war, since the day the Communists took control of the country, they have adopted the policy of "land is public ownership, manage by the state." After seizing power, the Communist Party wanted to get rid of religion: the establishments like hospitals, schools and charities run by religions have been nationalized or abolished. All the famous Dominicans were imprisoned or killed. By now, after many failures of getting rid of religion, the Communist Party wants to use religion for political purposes, make corrupt use of religion to polish the country's image! They murdered thousands of members of national parties and hundreds of thousands of farmers, acted as despotic landlords, killed over 5,000 innocent civilians during Tet 1968, divested the Southerners’ rights, caused half a million people to flee to the sea, acted as mercenaries for Russian and China, caused millions of people to die in the war, and sold our own country and enslaved us to

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