We just looked at how the US is turning it more socialist, and now we are going to look at how Russia turned communist, and how the same thing could happen to the US. To oversimplify Russia’s revolution, it was caused by a people who were rightly angered by the mistreatment of minorities, and wanted to make people equal. To draw a parallel, this anger of mistreatment of minorities is something that is becoming more common in the US, especially in the Democratic Party; if you look on their party platform page, you will see an entire section dedicated to their policies on protecting the rights of women, LGBTQ, etc, and trying to make everyone equal. The parallels between the Russian political landscape right before the revolution and the current US political situation are obviously imperfect, but they are present. Russian Marxists …show more content…
If a strict Tsar system can suddenly turn into communism, what can happen to the US? How did communism gain power-did the people directly agree to communism? Mikhail Bulgakov mentions in Heart of a Dog the power of “sausages” or benefits. In the novel, the professor lures the wild dog to come back to his house with him by giving him a sausage. After he returns to the professor’s house, he receives a collar and is no longer a free dog. In a similar fashion, the Marxists lured the public in with claims such as equality and free housing. Some of the individuals got a shock when, after they came to power, the government knocked on their door and relocated them to a new apartment because they had been living too well- it was someone else’s turn to have a nice apartment. That was the side of Marxism that the public was not expecting, as Bulgakov hinted to with the Heart of a Dog. People did not think that the socialism would lead to communism, they were more interested in the benefits they were
(Doc F).” The Populist party felt that the corruption brought on by big business was ruining the lives of the common man and that the only way to fix this “problem” was to put the common man into positions of power. Another group who was seeking change was the socialist group that was brought to America by the works of Karl Marx. This group felt that all people should be set to equal standard and have equal economic opportunity. But, both these groups would fail in their
The Soviet Union was a communist country.
The author says that perhaps many citizens may be drawn to Communist ideology if the social injustices become more prevalent, and urges the readers to look into the problems of Communist civilizations. This article is an example of how many felt during the Red Scare and Cold War in regards to communism. It shows that people felt a collapse
Although this is very unlike as mentioned, most people of America are too worried about self gain and self interest, and the facade of society places a biased view on anything linked to communism. Too many immediately reject any idea of communism. It can be seen that not significant work was done in the world in “Anthem” and that extreme forms of communism are likely to fail, but a less extreme form like socialism could possibly save the world from corruption, and could bring the world back together as
This attitude, a product of an impoverished society, led Russian-communists to regard revolution as the only solution to this detrimental system. Kennan notes the use of Marxism as justification for the desire
However, even with the failures of 20th Century socialistic regimes, would socialism be better suited and successful in a more modern society such as America today? This lends to the debate of different socialists organizations within America and which would be best suited for the job of establishing a new socialistic America. To which, if one is found, would that form of socialism be successful to preserving democracy and maintaining a non-radical stance to power and control unlike past socialist regimes? Socialism in itself is of public concern; socialism is making resurgence back into American politics, this ideology has not been a competing opponent to typical political parties in America since the early 20th century. While in the present, socialism is returning and the ideas of Democratic Socialism could be the best form of socialism in America, due to its reform movements, the goals of equality of labor, wealth and society and how America would look as a new 21st Century
Hopefully, Americans will begin to see the amazing impact that a communistic government would have on our economy and society. President Herbert Hoover and the United States government is the cause to all this catastrophe, called the Great
Russian Revolution In 1922, as a result of the Russian Revolution, a new political party emerged: the USSR or the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was the world’s first communist state. Communism was a new political and economic model that was supposed to get rid of class distinction. From the beginning, communism opposed capitalism and capitalist countries like the United States. The Russian Revolution united the socialists against the capitalists, with the USSR, a communist country, siding with the socialists.
People should not be forced to accept anyone else’s ideology, but the mistreatment and degrading of the communist worldview is representative of the American people’s lack of understanding of communist
“Socialism” and “communism” was introduced into America’s political lingo when the reformers tried to own useful property together as a community instead of private individuals. Several Utopian societies attempted to change traditional gender roles and
The Democratic Party is labeled as a “purple party” with Blue leaders, while the Republican Party is a Red Party with Red Leaders and only gets redder. This means that members of the Democratic Party lean less to the left than Republican members lean to the right. Members of the Republican Party are more “pure” in their views, while members of the Democratic Party are not as firm in their blue stances. Democratic leaders and members are more like to defect from their views than Republican leaders and members. Democratic-leading independents, for example, are more likely to vote Republican than pure Democrats.
During the novel, Anthem by Ayn Rand, the author includes many examples of communism which can relate to communist Russia. “It was not that the learning was to hard for us. It was that the learning was too easy. It is a great sin, to be born with a head which is too quick. It is not good to be different from our brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them.”
Andre Abi Haidar PSPA 210 INTRODUCTION It is always difficult to write about and discuss Karl Marx, or more importantly the applications of Marx’s theories, due to the fact that he inspired and gave rise to many movements and revolutionaries, not all of which follow his theories to the point. Although Marx tends to be equated with Communism, it might not seem righteous to blame him for whatever shortcomings occurred when his theories were put to the test; Marx passed away well before the revolution in Russia, and he played no role in the emergence of the totalitarian regime at the time. When discussing Marx, however, Vladimir Lenin is one of the biggest highlights when it comes to studying the outcomes of Marx’s theories.
Socialism aimed to close a gap between rich and poor, it disagree with capitalist system because socialism believe that capitalism creates disparity in society. Unlike communism, socialism
and you can have more or less any social system you like. Yet, how can you distribute wealth that comes from a capitalist economic system that you want to destroy? Every Communism system up and running has an element of capitalism running within it, those that haven’t collapsed long ago. Is it only western communists that don’t understand this? On to communism.