Connor M - Final Project

Ideologies Of The World

. Collectivism . Collectivism is the ideology which encompasses the co-dependence of its participants. This means that rather than focusing on individual needs, a collectivist would be more concerned with the welfare of the whole. Everyone looks after and depends on one another for their mutual survival.

. Communism . What it means: Communism is a political and economic ideology which stems from the values of collectivism. Cooperation and collective welfare are stressed, and it strives for equality and a classless society, and emphasizes the interest of the collective. Under a communist government, a country is centrally planned, and all resources and land are owned and controlled by the government. Citizens have little to no control over the country’s decision-making, so their freedom is greatly restricted. Communism provides citizens with guaranteed economic equality and social welfare in exchange

Communism Back Then . There have been many communist leaders in the past, some of them good, some of them bad. An example of a communist leader from the past is a very prominent one; Joseph Stalin Who was Stalin? “Those who vote decide nothing; those who count the Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the leader of the communist vote decide everything” party, and leader of the Soviet Union. He was responsible for the country’s industrialization, but also for the dictatorship which he turned it into, and he single-handedly turned the nation from somewhat of a democracy to a strict dictatorship in less than a year. He was Vladimir Lenin’s successor

Communism today Indeed, communism still exists. Very much so, in fact, that there are even some extremist dictatorships in existence today. One of these dictatorships is North Korea, run by Kim Jong Un. Kim Jong Un Yes, he may seem like a harmless, stubby dwarf. However, you couldn’t be further from the truth if were to say that, because he has absolute control over everything in his country, including one of the world’s largest military forces, and could execute someone for just looking at him funny...or in general! Communism in this can be taken as an example, providing the idea that we should look after each other, but still allow for personal freedoms and indulgences to occur. Even Russia has become less strict in the way they function.

These are the places Communism is currently in use . As you can see, most of . Eastern Europe is . Communist. This says a lot about how the division of the cold war changed the world into the one we know today

Marxism - Further understanding of Communism Also known as Scientific Socialism, Marxism was an expansion/interpretation on communist ideals by Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels in the 1800’s. This form of collectivism was the first step taken toward the further development of Communism These guys believed heavily in collectivism, and the ideas that surfaced from this take on societal functionality are as follows: -Capitalism leaves the people in a state of chaos, but a society will function much better if it is . classless -Marx believed that isolationism was not beneficial to a society and that to truly thrive, a . community must work together - (Fredrich Engels) Developed the idea of This fine lad is Karl Marx, the . .. . communes, a system which ensured that father of Marxism, and the . citizens had three meals a day, a place to live, reason for the initial development of Communism. . and jobs to ensure that they were providing He wrote the communist . for the country manifesto which encases many values still employed by communist leaders today

Socialism (Utopian) . Utopian Socialism is a political/economic idea which stresses the importance on the community; rather than the government owning, distributing and regulating everything, it is the community itself which carries out these functions on its own behalf. The government is still involved a lot, but not as much as, say, Soviet Russia.