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    David Miranda Mr. Lara Honors Economics Period 2 19 February, 2016 Communism and Socialism The origin of Communism can be found in 1844, when Karl Marx, a man from Germany who came from Jewish heritage, was introduced to Friedrich Engels. The two believed that capitalism was an evil economic philosophy in which the working-class were exploited by their class-heads (upper-class). In 1848, the two wrote and published a book entitled "The Communist Manifesto", in which they expressed such hatred…

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    How did all 3 presidents deal with communism? How did all 3 presidents deal with the cold war? Both Truman and Eisenhower’s speeches encouraged policy of containment, While kennedy’s encouraged flexible response. Containment is the united states resisting any soviet attempts to expand power, and provide any economic aid to other countries in order to strengthen them against the Soviet Union. Economic aid is giving aid to any country that needs help to the Soviet Union. Military use is helping a…

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    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…

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    Orwell is a book that displays how communism is a deficient option for a government, even on a tiny basis such as an animal farm. The way George Orwell displays how communism is a deficient option is writing about a farm, Manor Farm, ran by an abusive and neglectful man named Jones. The animals decide to take over with dreams of communism and equality for all animals. Once they overcome the farm (Renamed Animal Farm) the pigs decide to run the farm on communism, the fear of becoming like humans,…

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    way. Communism, while innocent and appealing in thought, was proven in Russia during the 1900’s to be damaging and easily corruptible in practice. Pure communism is the sharing of wealth and abolishment of private property, where everyone works to provide for the state, and receives only enough to sustain life. Unfortunately every communist country, even if started with the intent of a pure communism, ends with a diluted system or is destroyed completely. The culture that made up communism, and…

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    Communism is among the most controlling and free-will limiting social economic types of government. Factual evidence supporting this thesis is the centralization of banks, centralized communication and transport, along with the governmental control over the workforce and it’s wages and salaries. Within this practice, everything is controlled, regulated, and limited. To begin, one must recognize the centralized state of banks. According to Marx and Engels, Communism includes “Centralization of…

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    The four major ideals of Communism, for future reference are as follows: collective ownership of production, centralized government, censorship, and the distribution of goods. He then becomes rebellious to the society and reads books from houses that have broken the strict equality laws. Mildred, Guy’s wife, disagrees with breaking the rules and leaves him soon after he gets involved with it. She is a conformist rather than a revolutionary, as many are in the novel solely because conformity is a…

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    Felix Tran Ms. Adams Language, Grade 8 May 13th, 2016 Communism For thousands of years has mankind been ruled by mankind but not all systems of government has stood the test of time. A form of government may look good on paper but its prior history shows its true performance. Communism can and will never work for many reasons, from the poor treatment of its people to the limitations and flaws of the manifesto that founded communism itself. In the Western regions people have been living under a…

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    How did the U.S. Contain Communism? Communism is a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. Soon after World War II ended on April 25, 1945, at the the Elbe River, the U.S. soon found themselves in political tensions with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union and the United States had major differences. The Soviet Union, under Stalin's…

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    Sara Elizabeth Peets Karl Marx and the Communist English 4 Karl Marx and the Communist Communism. First known as Marxism, later changed the name to Communism due to the practices, that were just performed like Communism. Communism is a political theory obtained and formed in 1844 by Karl Marx, supporting class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and operated, and also each person is paid according to their abilities and needs. Karl Marx had a desire for this…

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