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Why Is Communism Bad

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People see communism in many different ways, but the truth about it is that it’s not right. Communism is a lot of things, but good isn’t one of them. Communism is the economic and social system in which all property and resources are collectively owned by a classless society and not by individual citizens. Based on the 1848 publication of Communist Manifesto by two German political philosophers, Karl Marx and his close associate Friedrich Engels, it envisaged common ownership of all land capital and withering away of the coercive power of the state. (How Has This Term) Communism has been ruining countries for a long time. I know it helps out the poor and gives them money, but it’s unfair for the higher paying jobs. Say someone is so dumb that …show more content…

Personally I think people started the idea of communism based on the idea that a certain country doesn’t want to look bad in front of other countries. They want to look like their economy is good and everything is right but it’s not. I also think the reason communism started was to show the government can do whatever they want. They don’t have to ask for the permission of their country they can just do it. They desired to end capitalism feeling that it was the social class system that led to the exploitation of workers. The workers that were exploited would develop class consciousness. They desired to end capitalism feeling that it was the social class system that led to the exploitation of workers. The workers that were exploited would develop class consciousness. Then there would be a fundamental process of class conflict that would be resolved through revolutionary struggle. In this conflict, the proletariat will rise up against the bourgeoisie and establish a communist society. (Communism and Computer Ethnics) Communism took hold in France in 1871, it wasn't officially put into practice until 1917, when Russia adopted it as a form of government and became the first communist state. Between 1917 and 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed, communism spread to countries across the world. Of these, China, Laos, Cuba, North Korea, and Vietnam still retain a communist form of government. (What Areas Did

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