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    Keynesianism and Marxism. A fervent supporter of capitalism, he saw capitalism as an economic success. Karl Marx was the father of scientific socialism and one of the biggest critics of the capitalist system. He saw capitalism as destined to end and collapse under its failures. Both economists believed that capitalism was destined to transition to socialism. This report touches about the morality of capitalism, specifically the system of profit-making, as perceived by the two. It will also look at

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    way for further advancement in transportation and production. In the later half of the nineteenth century and into the beginning of the long twentieth century, a second industrial revolution brought new technology and medical advances to Europe. Socialism emerged to attempt to solve political and social inequalities, leading to socialist policies being put into place. Medical advances and discoveries in hygiene and public health lead to a decrease in mortality and and increase in fertility, as well

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    from the higher levels of societies hierarchy. Thus, Marx political theory avoids oppression and promotes liberty by guaranteeing formal and material freedom as well as abolishing privately owned industries. To begin, Marx view of a democratic socialism helps to maintain formal and material freedom within society. He articulates these two forms of liberty as the former allows the freedom to pursue an action where there are no laws forbidding it, while the latter refers to individuals being formally

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    To what extent was Wilhelmine Germany an entrenched Authoritarian state? Kaiser Wilhelm II came to power in 1888 after Wilhelm I died and a brief reign from Frederick III, his behaviour could be unpredictable and although he was the grandson of Queen Victoria he was anti-British, however he admired them at the same time. He believed in the divine right of kings, the theory claimed that, kings were only answerable to God, and it was sinful for their subjects to resist them. Wilhelm II was determined

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    The Communist Manifesto is one of the most influential and widely read documents of the modern history. It is the Holy Scripture for the communists. The Manifesto reflects an attempt to explain the goals of Communism, as well as the theory underlying this movement. The Manifesto created an era of revolution in Europe. It was written by Marx and co-authored by his friend and comrade, Friedrich Engels in 1848 in a view to unite all workers of the world. In the following passages, I will try to summarize

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    The behavioural contrast between the Birling parents and their children demonstrate that if you are capitalist, you can still alter your beliefs and become socialist. Priestley uses youth and age to portray the contrast between capitalism and socialism. Birling tells his family, before the inspector arrives, “Now you three young people, just listen (…) by the time you will be living in a world that will have forgotten

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    After reviewing the brief history of the past 150 years of western history, I have found several reasons in regards to the being of today's culture. For instance, the public school system, because of individuals such as Charles Darwin and John Dewey, rejects the teachings of Jesus Christ. Specifically, because the public school system upholds the Charles Darwin's evolutionary, naturalistic, teachings, the school system consequently goes contrary to the biblical teachings that are concerning Intelligent

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    The Communist Manifesto The Communist Manifesto is too long to be a concise declaration of principles and too short to be a book. It is comprised of about 17,000 words including various introductions by Friedrich Engels. It is arranged, basically, in four sections. The first section introduces the Marxian idea of history as a class struggle. It juxtaposes the conditions and development of various strata of society, "freeman and slave, patrician and plebian, lord and serf...in a word, oppressor

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    4) Arguably, this is due to the inherent issues with socialism and communism, but it should also be pointed out Stalin’s “Five-Year Plan”. This plan essentially took resources away from the population in order rapidly industrialize the nation. (Fitzpatrick, 1999) The whole Marxist philosophy was based on gradual

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    government expected to utilize all the elements of urban and rural capitalism (59). However, the new-founded country also met several crises regarding their ambitious goals: the territorial unification (64), the lack of material prerequisites for socialism (107), unemployment and the economic backwardness (104, 114, 156), the workers did not share a large political role as the CCP expected (117), the growing power of Party bureaucrats (123), and finally, Mao’s political role and his personal hero worship

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