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Soviet setup communist regimies in China, North Korea, Indochina, and Cuba
make marxism work her --Stalin
stalin "socialism in one country"
didn't work out and became weak comapred to surrounding countries
spread revelotion of WWI
"From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." --Marx
Then revolution, dictatorship, communism
Proletariat would grow until it included vast population
Prediction: bourgeoisie or capital class would grow smaller dueto competition driving out the weaker
Problem: Sales price must include profit and wages. Low wages means greater profit.
Profit motive of capitalism
Capitalism was a step forward becuase it replaces feudalism
The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managingthe common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie."
"eligion is the opiate of the masses"
private ownership leads to exploitation of some andeventually the lower class will rise up.
change occurs because of class conflict
unlike Hegel Marx believed that economy was major driver for change
major shifts rather than gradualism
agreed with Hegel in that societies pass through wrenchingtransitions called dialectic.
capitalism is just one stage
societies pass through stages
progress through revolution
Marx believed the power was in too few hands
Bolshevik in exile but in 15 years seized power because of centralism
high diciplined / iron hand
Lenin didnt want to wait for history to take course
Marxist idedified with those in poverty to gain power
Marx wrong that revolution first occured in non capitalistic countries
many interpretations
egalitarian society improves human relations in general
populus control over all decisions that shape people's livesmost notably work
equal oppertunity and outcome
disease
hunger
free from...
private ownership and capitalismas means of production are flawed
social, political, economic equality
traces back to English civil war
realized once western media influced the masses
better then grandparents but everything was just mediocre
deep economic trouble
starvation ended in China
no homelessness
improved standard of living
1950's leader in steel
detailed plans of production
called democratic centralism
control by tiny group
name only
most social and leasure activities
education
economy
media
until 1950 Soviet Union controlled entire communist world
not included though left
Nicaragua
Mozambique
Angola
North Yemen
Soviet Union
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
East Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Mongolia
authoritarian govs
poverty
soviet republics
Yugoslavia
improving standard of living
rapid growth rates
