History of communism

284). Knowing history is important, but understanding the theory that led to historical events is even more important. Communism is often associated with its extreme historical implementation. The Manifesto of the Communist Party outlines the principles of communism and portrays them so they are ideal to the reader. Through analyzing and applying the theory behind communism, concepts such as centralizing credit & communication through the state…

“Is capitalism really better than socialism or communism?” makes a case for American capitalism and attempts to convince those on the fence that socialism and communism are “the height of human arrogance.” Wilburn argues in his article that despite people’s best intentions, socialism and communism is a set up for an era of governmental rule and the slow diminishment of individual freedoms. In “Is capitalism really better than socialism or communism?” Wilburn talks about how the government…

Frederick Engels was a german philosopher and revolutionary who preached the idea of Communism to a discouraged people of Europe. Engels’ many works revolve around revolutionary politics and sociology and is immortalized for its historical consequences seen throughout the twentieth century and seeping through into the twenty first century. His works of literature antagonized the classes and in many cases cause the proletariat (the class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living by…

Karl Marx is one of the best known philosophers and one of the best known social scientists of all time. He is often referred to as the “Father of Communism,” and is very rightfully so. His very radical viewpoints have served as a foundation for the political and social ideologies of socialism and even more primarily communism. Although he and his viewpoints were heavily rejected by fellow philosophers and other people of his time, they gained much more prominence in the early 20th century…

Many of the reform movements that took place in history were mostly trying to solve social, political, and economic problems. Scholars, politicians, and intellectuals were mostly the ones that put in the effort to stop these problems from expanding and growing into bigger ones. From many of the philosophical reform movements, there are the Women’s Suffrage Movement and Karl Marx’s theory of Communism. Throughout the world, these philosophies and theories of reform movements have led to many…

Karl Marx opens his famous Communist Manifesto by writing, “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” Even though the work of Karl Marx is very controversial to this day, his works can teach us many lessons regarding the implementation of globalism. To this day class struggles can be seen within the system of globalization. Countries such as…

distrust of immigrants. The Red Scare applies to a period of strong anti-communism in history. The period was characterized by heightened suspicion of communists and other radicals and the fear of widespread infiltration of communists in the US government. Communism is a system the government enforces in which property is owned by the society and people receive equal pay, land, education, etc. Every being under communism is equal. Eastern Europe and Russia brought radical ideas to USA through…

To an extent this was because America was against Russia, and Russian leader-Joseph Stalin was strongly enforcing communism. At the time, the united states were also economically successful due to capitalism so if communism was implemented in their country, money would have to be equally distributed. America believed in the domino theory which stated that if a nation fell to communism, other nations would follow, so the US fought hard to prevent other countries becoming communists as this could…

Marx and Engels, detailing social and political life during the nineteenth century. Their book also alluded to how the dismemberment of capitalism would lead to the penultimate reign of a socialist society, which would then transform into communism. Communism would be the last leg of the journey, from which the life of…

Rio Pact 1947 was a big year for United States history, for it had many life changing events. One of those events included the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, better known as the Rio Pact. The pact was created at the beginning of the Cold War for security amongst the Americas. The pact was heavily influenced by the Soviet red scare. The effects the Rio Pact had on the Cold War brought a mutual alliance that consequentially led to other treaties. The Rio Pact was brought in to…