Communism

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Communism Capitalism
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What is capitalism?

• Economic system.
• Believes in individual ownership and competition.
• The theory is that when everyone is selfish, it
  benefits everyone.
• Adam Smith is the capitalist.

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Whats good about capitalism?

• Freedom, choice.
• You can work wherever, buy whatever, and pretty
  much do whatever.
• If youre successful, you can be very successful.
  Think Bill Gates.

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Whats bad about capitalism?

• No safety net.
• If youre unsuccessful, you can be very
  unsuccessful. Think about the poor.
• Big gap between rich and poor.

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What is communism?

• Economic system.
• Believes in collective (group) ownership and a
  planned economy.
• The theory is that everybody pools their
  resources and labor to evenly distribute
  everything.
• Karl Marx is the communist.

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Communist Manifesto

• Abolition of property
• Heavy, progressive taxes
• Abolition of inheritance
• Confiscation of property of all emigrants and
  rebels
• Central banking
• State-controlled communication and transportation
• State-controlled education of the children

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Marxism

• Marx and Engels studied the history of the
  worlds economies

Communism!!!!
Socialism
Capitalism

• They believed they discovered an inevitable
  pattern

Feudalism
Basic Communism
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Stage 1 Primitive Communism

• This is how humans lived together before the
  emergence of large-scale agriculture.
• Small hunting and gathering tribes
• Everything was shared amongst the tribe-food,
  jobs, belongings.
• No one owned land and no one is exploited for
  their labor.
• Eventually one group comes to power which leads
  to Feudalism

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Stage 2 Primitive Communism - Feudalism

• Under feudalism, a king becomes ruler over all
  the people. Exploitation begins.
• The people are kept uneducated and told that god
  chose the king to rule.
• The king gives land and privileges to nobles who
  rule the people for him
• As trade develops, some people get richer. This
  leads to Capitalism

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Stage 3 Feudalism - Capitalism

• Business owners or capitalists get richer while
  the workers do the work.
• Capitalists get more power to serve their own
  interests.
• Capitalism creates a large working-class of
  people who organize, create unions, and demand
  changes. This leads to Socialism

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Stage 4 Capitalism-Socialism

• In the Socialist revolution all the rulers lose
  power, wealth, and privilege.
• Workers take control of the country to produce
  things for everyone. No one is exploited.
• Nothing is made for profit therefore all people
  benefit.
• These ideas spread across the world to create
  Communism

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Stage 5 Socialism-Communism

• Capitalists will put up a fight but the will of
  the people will always win.
• Everyone now works together, war eliminated, and
  armies are obsolete.
• Everything is provided by the people so becomes
  a thing of the past.
• All human activity goes towards benefiting each
  other-allowing all to live their lives to the
  fullest.

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Communism/Socialism Whats the difference?

• Socialism is, from each according to their
  ability, to each according to their DEEDS.
• Socialism is the stage between Capitalism and
  Communism. It builds upon the previous system
  (Capitalism) by nationalizing the means of
  production (i.e. corporations, resources, banks,
  etc.), but not by making everyone equal.
• People are paid wages based on several factors
  (social need, difficulty, amount of schooling
  required, etc.), so not everyone will make the
  same wage.
• Communism is from each according to their
  ability to each according to their NEEDS.

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Whats good about communism?

• Security, basic needs met.
• Everyone would have a job, house, health care,
  etc.

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Whats bad about communism?

• Lack of choice
• No reward for being a better worker or punishment
  for being a slacker.
• Everyone expected to be the same.

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Hows this related to the Ind.Rev.?

• Adam Smiths capitalism dominated the Industrial
  Revolution. It led to bad working conditions.
• Karl Marx wrote about communism as solution to
  capitalisms problems.
• Marx said the workers would get fed up and
  overthrow their governments and start communism.

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