From the beginning of time to modern day, many things have changed. People have gone from a nomadic way of life to a settled society, from no social systems to castes and hierarchies, from monarchy to republic and democracy. Society has also changed: people's diets have become enriched and with the spread of disease eventually developing an immunity. The world is constantly evolving. Some of these changes occur naturally based on a peoples' environment, while others are caused by people or a group of people. These people do not necessarily change the society around them for the better though. Adolf Hitler of Germany and Mao Zedong of China are two people that believed they were aiding society when in fact they were ruining it. Adolf Hitler
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In his determination to “purify”, he followed Italian Benito Mussolini’s idea of anti-Semitism. This excluded all Jews from society taking away all their rights as a way to humiliate them. On top of that, Nazi’s often tole their wealth leaving them impoverished. When that wasn’t enough, they began to capture Jews and send them to concentration camps. Jews were not the only ones sent though, all those who had a disability or who were impure Germans were forced to work in concentration camps until they were killed or died from abuse and malnourishment. This period of time is known as the Holocaust. Millions of people died. Actions like these led to World War II On the contrary though, Hitler encouraged German woman to produce offspring. He encouraged marriage and outlawed abortion and other forms of birth control and gave out awards to women for the different number of children they …show more content…
Another change Mao made as a leader was the development of the Chinese Communist Party in 1955. He planned to reform China with rapid industrialization with a Five Year Plan. This plan consisted of the emphasis on the production of consumer goods which eliminated economic inequality and thus gave people equal land ownership (peasants were given their land back from richer landowners). A part of the Five Year Plan was named the Great Leap Forward, which unfortunately was not as successful as Mao had hoped it would be. Even though he redistributed land so that ownership would be equal, the people were so focused on getting ahead industrially that did not reach their quota on crops produced leaving the nation in
In his determination to “purify”, he followed Italian Benito Mussolini’s idea of anti-Semitism. This excluded all Jews from society taking away all their rights as a way to humiliate them. On top of that, Nazi’s often tole their wealth leaving them impoverished. When that wasn’t enough, they began to capture Jews and send them to concentration camps. Jews were not the only ones sent though, all those who had a disability or who were impure Germans were forced to work in concentration camps until they were killed or died from abuse and malnourishment. This period of time is known as the Holocaust. Millions of people died. Actions like these led to World War II On the contrary though, Hitler encouraged German woman to produce offspring. He encouraged marriage and outlawed abortion and other forms of birth control and gave out awards to women for the different number of children they …show more content…
Another change Mao made as a leader was the development of the Chinese Communist Party in 1955. He planned to reform China with rapid industrialization with a Five Year Plan. This plan consisted of the emphasis on the production of consumer goods which eliminated economic inequality and thus gave people equal land ownership (peasants were given their land back from richer landowners). A part of the Five Year Plan was named the Great Leap Forward, which unfortunately was not as successful as Mao had hoped it would be. Even though he redistributed land so that ownership would be equal, the people were so focused on getting ahead industrially that did not reach their quota on crops produced leaving the nation in