Revolutionists explanation of October Revolution is based on the importance of the force of the masses which created the revolutionary nature of the society leading to cardinal reforms. Lenin was indeed a key figure and the Bolshevik party was able to meet the demand of the masses which raised their popularity. This view shows a direct conflict between a revolutionist and liberal ‘totalitarian’ schools that implements Lenin and Stalin as the only people that caused terror and emplaced control over
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
Since his childhood, Upton Sinclair suffered through poverty in the United States. Through writing, he payed for his college education at age fifteen, where he learned about socialist philosophy. This philosophy influenced his writing. In his book, The Jungle, Sinclair explores the unfairness of a capitalist society through the story of an immigrant family. To show the evils of capitalism, Sinclair writes about the Rudkus family, who endure through the corruption and brutality of America after emigrating from Lithuania.
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
Lenin’s actions are a prime example of a Bolshevik doing whatever it took for the sake of their country including fleeing to Switzerland, putting aside his beliefs for the sake of progress, and looking out for the future USSR from his deathbed. Lenin’s plan to save Russia would have been considered criminal, so he fled the country, his home, to avoid arrest from the czar’s secret police, still keeping in contact and working from a distance. When he returned from exile and gained power, given the ruined economy, trade, and production, Lenin put aside his plan for state-control and allowed a little capitalism in the New Economic Policy which recovered the country by 1928. Even after suffering a stroke Lenin voiced his opinion on Stalin as a successor, fearing the mishandling of power and his country’s fate. Lenin was a deserved leader of the Bolsheviks because he was willing to give everything to his
Along with the progress achieved by the Labour movement in Britain this would lead to a shift towards social democracy and the idea that socialism should develop naturally, as is the case in modern day Scandinavia. In a world without Lenin, socialism would not have the negative connotations of the Gulags, and would return to its humanistic roots. Moreover, this exercise in remodeling history does not exist in a vacuum. It gives us a principle which should be adopted the real world as well.
Although initially voiced by Karl Marx, communism or Marxism was executed with tremendous flaws by Russian political leader, Vladimir Lenin, in a series of revolutions and campaigns including that of the Bolshevik revolution. Marx’s and Lenin’s goals, however, were the same in their desires to abolish
Rhetorical Analysis of Communism: A History By Richard Pipes Communism was originally a social theory of a completely unified and harmonious society (3). Private property and class inequality was said to be the root of all evil, so by removing those from society, a government could encourage peace on a national, and later a global scale. Richard Pipes examines the roots of Communism in his book, Communism: A History, and then proceeds to methodically express the failure and decay that comes with it. Pipes argues that Communism is corrupt by appealing to his scholarly audience through a cause-and-effect logos appeal, an ethos appeal that plays on the audience’s appreciation of professionalism, and a pathos appeal built on a foundation of statistical deaths.
Vaclav Havel wrote his essay “The power of the powerless” as a description and critique of the totalitarian communist government and its system. He states that Communism is different to the other types of dictatorship as it is alike a “secularized religion” rather than the usual dictatorship, which do not have any social of historical background and come to power just by the military power. He also described how the individuals are responsible for getting under the autocratic regime due to their agreement to live in a society of consumers, where the supplier is the government, expecting everyone to go with the strict order of life. In case those individuals decide to participate in that and “live within a lie”, they are bounded with the communism.
Communism is an issue in many different countries and exists in many countries too. Some countries just worry about it. But some places do not know that they are in a communism place like in the book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. There are five countries in the world that are communist, and those are China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam. When you think of those places you think of bad communism, but some of them are not bad.
Lenin was always fond of the writings of Karl Marx in his book, “Das Kapital” and wanted to implement his ideologies to overthrow the tsarist regime in Russia and establish a communist one-party state. Lenin would face roadblocks throughout his journey into power from exile to assassination attempts.
When the time came, and Lenin felt that it is suitable to take action, it can be argued that he did not look at Marx for answers, but due to his practical nature, preferred looking at the state that Russia was in, and based his actions on that. This was because Lenin felt that the world had changed since Marx’s time, primarily due to the development of
Foundations of Sociology (SOC10010) Mid-Term Essay: Question: ‘’Discuss three main ideas from the Communist Manifesto.’’ Answer: In this essay I have been asked to discuss three main ideas from the ‘’Communist Manifesto’’, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. To do this I will summarise three main ideas from the text and critically analyse them.
Marx saw capital and liberal democracies as the fundamental reasons for the low standards of living and the low social conditions of workers. Karl Marx in particular is especially concerned with the political assumptions behind these two ideologies. According to him, these two types of government should be replaced by communism, since communism would provide a more equal and socially just society. Although this statement may seem unusual, since we tend to associate communism with Stalin and China, the type of communism implemented in these countries is different from the communism that Marx and Engels envisaged in their Communist Manifesto. Marx and Engels’ vision of communism is based on the principle of equality among the people and freedom
Karl Marx (1818-1883) considered himself not to be a sociologist but a political activist. However, many would disagree and in the view of Hughes (1986), he was ‘both – and a philosopher, historian, economist, and a political scientist as well.’ Much of the work of Marx was political and economic but his main focus was on class conflict and how this led to the rise of capitalism. While nowadays, when people hear the word “communism”, they think of the dictatorial rule of Stalin and the horrific stories of life in a communist state such as the Soviet Union, it is important not to accuse Marx of the deeds carried out in his name.
