History of communism

McCarthy’s Red Scare 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 everyone works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. It was a hated thing in America, and most people feared it. That being said, it was the cause of the Red Scare in America. America should not have trusted McCarthy with the issue of the Red Scare. The first reason that America should not have trusted McCarthy is…

According to Marx, Communists have the same work ethic as a bourgeoisie, however, had the foundation and beliefs of a proletariat, and were neutral against both sides of the party. When explaining communism to his audience in 1880, Marx related it to an agency that offers guidance to individuals to gain more capital, and how to obtain what truly belonged to them which is property. Marx explained, that Communists were in place to create a revolution…

intolerable, a contradiction to the ways Communism promised to heal the wounds of World War II through a strong sense of community and pursuing happiness with non-material things.…

The French Revolution, which is often described as the beginning of Modern Europe, represents the beginning of the 19th century. The political change brought by the Revolution was so immense that it caused other European powers to intervene to prevent its ideas from entering the conscious of their subjects. Ideals outlined by the Declarations of the Right of Man such as “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights” and “As all persons are held innocent until they shall have been declared…

ideologies of Communism and Marxism have severely affected the world and its history. When looking at ideological developments, Marxist communism was different that the others, in the past 200 years it has been the most influential. Communism and Capitalism have characterized the 20th Century in a massive way. It may be seen that Marxist socialism is only based on the ideologies of socialism, however that is not true, it also follows a form of Anarchism and Communism. Marxist communism was a…

The emergence of the Cold War began with two events in 1947. First, President Truman declared that it was America's job to contain Communism with his Truman Doctrine in which he stressed that the present situation in Greece and Turkey and the need for financial and economic aid from America. Secondly, Secretary of State George Marshall unveiled a recovery plan for Europe called the Marshall Plan in which he reported that the problem “is one of such enormous complexity that the very mass of…

The 20th century wielded many significant events in human history that both contributed to society and brought it down; some of the greatest struggles of the time were interconnected domino effect of hatred, inequality and a thirst for power. Corruption, racism and totalitarian rule dictated many significant the events of the early twentieth century. Gloria Fiero in her book Landmark in Humanities states, "The weapons of advanced technology made World War I more impersonal and more…

The East and West had it in deep for each other causing the Cold War, but the relationship between the United States and Soviet Union had been hostile way before this and having to struggle with the communism in “The Red Scare” (Gerdes, Barbour, and Cothran 10). The history events that we see and hear of now were often caused by civilians, but during this time, Cold War and the Red Scare, it seemed as if both sides of this fight thought they were doing the right thing. In the end it did not…

now referred to as Communism, is an, “economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.” The most modern attempts at creating a Communist state come from a theory called Marxism. This theory, published in Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’, The Communist Manifesto, describe the framework needed to develop a successful Communist state. In his publication Marx introduced the “march of history.” A theory…

Throughout the course of history, the individual has always been the driving force of progress and innovation in any society. As a result, the importance individual became the primary focus of the prominent 20th century author Ayn Rand. Best known for her novel Atlas Shrugged, Rand rose into relevance in the middle of the 20th century as an outspoken critic of communism and the founder of the philosophy of objectivism. Being born during a tumultuous time in Russian history, Rand’s early life…