Communism

really has no reality to it or factual conclusions. Anyone can have an idea of what their utopia looks like. Utopia can be considered a very subjective term and can’t really be pinned down to any one idea. Communism is an actual political ideology that has a purpose and clear statement. Communism was meant to lead people closer to a utopia, however this hasn’t really been the case over time. One major difference to be noted within the books is the fact that Marx believes in there being no…

They weren’t simply offering ideas or suggesting a course of action, Marx and Engels were fully confident that the proletariat would subdue the bourgeoisie and communism would dominate the world economy and politics. That stems from the belief that the bourgeoisie is facilitating its own downfall. Marx says, “…the proletariat alone is a really revolutionary class. The other classes decay and finally disappear in…

While Americans were fearful of communists outside of the United States, this fear also manifested itself domestically; the war waged against communism was now being fought on two fronts, in Europe, and at home as well. However, the very real threat of soviet espionage was perverted and used as a political tool. McCarthy, playing to the fervor of anti-communism, used defamation in conjunction with Communist “Witch Hunts” to promote his campaign and increase his reputation. Throughout the…

unilateral power. The United States decided containment would be the best way to keep the threat of an omnipotent Communist Soviet Union at bay, so the United States increased their defense spending four-fold and attempted to suppress any expansion of Communism. They began the development of atomic weapons, and thus ensued an arms race between the two nations. As well as the arms race, the launch of the Russian satellite, Sputnik, began the Space race, with both nations attempting to be the…

It is the intent of this paper to prove that philosophers Karl Marx and Immanuel Kant have different expectations of modern freedom because Marx’s attitude is towards positive freedom with the idea of the bourgeoisie, proletariats and the idea of communism, while Kant believes in negative liberty through a democratic society. Moreover, the two philosophers’…

Marx introduced a social theory, which would combat the negative effects of capitalism. This theory was called communism, which he introduced in The Communist Manifesto. In The Communist Manifesto, he actually encouraged all workers in all nations to unite and overthrow capitalism. Most governments cracked down on any attempts to overthrow capitalism. Marx had to…

animals represent the people of Russia and Mr. Jones is the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II. The story tells of the overthrowing of the Russian government and the beginning of communism. Mr. Jones, as did Nicholas II, didn’t hear the cries of hunger and the needs of the people. Major, the pig, is Karl Marx, the father of communism. He is convincing telling the animals what they want to hear. The people thought they could do better with someone who heard their cries and felt they could do things…

The world was in a fragile state in the post-WWII era and created a opportune environment for the spread and popularization of communism. The Korean War (1950-1953) and the Vietnam War (1964-1973) were two prime examples of how communism took a strong foothold in various world regions. While they both contributed to the rising tension and causes of the Cold War, the Korean War affected the early scene while the Vietnam War affected the Cold War towards its later stages. However, both wars did…

After World War Two the main source of contention with the United States was Communism. Calling to action the Marshall plan, the United States sought to abate the spread of Communism through its use of Neo-imperialism. Russia was also able to spread its political views of Communism by invading smaller developing nations. Postwar international world order was a division between the East and West, there was no singular contender for this role. Post World War Two the United States was under the…

Theory was established around the 1950s, due to some concern that countries surrounding Europe were influencing other nations to adopt communism as their form of government; the United States stepped in to ensure that it did not happen to countries like South Vietnam and its neighboring areas. The idea behind it all was that if one country would succumb to communism then out of allegiance and trade so would its bordering partners. One thing would fall, because of that fall so would another, then…