Communism

Communism Key Words Karl Marx Friedrich Engels Communist Manifesto Class struggle Proletarians Bourgeoisie Command Economy Government withers away

Communism is An economic and political system which is based on equality of all people. Nobody owns anything, everyone owns everything. It requires violent revolution to take property from the wealthy and give it to the community Communism is an extreme form of socialism.

Communism: Who supplies? Food Medical care Housing Aid to poor Cars Technology Information/news Utilities—gas/electricity Insurance

Communist Countries China Cuba Laos North Korea Vietnam [Russia]

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: The Communist Manifesto “Not only are [the workers] slaves of the bourgeois class, and of the bourgeois state; they are daily and hourly enslaved by the machine, by the overseer, and above all, by the individual bourgeois manufacturer.”

Why communism? “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” —Karl Marx The wealthy have always taken advantage of workers, in every civilization, throughout history.

“Workers of the world, Unite!” Workers in every country have more in common with each other than they do with wealthy people from their own countries. Working classes = PROLETARIANS Wealthy classes = BOURGEOISIE

Revolution Marx said communism requires violent revolution as workers take control of the means of production Marx said once workers establish a communist system, government would become unnecessary and it would “wither away”

“Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.” --Karl Marx

Does it work? Problems:

Who benefits? Communism is good for. . . Communism can be a problem for . . .