Communism

Communism

an economic system in which " EVERYONE "

owns the factors of production

- there is NO PRIVATELY OWNED ANYTHING

Who is Karl Marx?

Father of Communism, - Forced Out of Prussia in the Early 1830s, he went to

Britain

What book did Karl Marx write?

Communist Manifesto w/ Friedrich Engels

What does bourgeoisie mean?

Gov't Run By Wealthy & Middle Class

What was the bourgeoisie profit motive?

reduce costs

What was the only FOP owned/controlled by owners or investors?

The ONLY F.O.P. (Factor)controlled by Owners/Investors were workers.

Who are the proletariat?

Workers, working class. They were exploited, abused, and had awful pay.

A L L Historical Conflicts Due To Rich Oppressing the Poor

1. Marx argued that ALL wealth was created by labor = p r o l e t a r i a t

Stages of Economic, Social, and Political Change:

Class War/Rev, Dictatorship of prot., & edu/org.

Class War

the Industrial Working class will organize and VIOLENTLY REBEL Against:

a. the Government

b. the Bourgeoisie

Dictatorship of the protleriat

Seizure of the GOVERNMENT & the FACTORS OF PRODUCTION

by the Industrial Working due to their SUPERIOR NUMBERS

b. there will ONLY be ONE Producer of ALL goods - the Gov’t

c. there is NO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP of Property/Businesses

E D U C A T I O N & R E O R G A N I Z A T I O N

the period oftime in which all people would receive ACCESS to education

a. this would be the FIRST TIME, ALL will be trained in all areas of work to perform all possible tasks - in this way all people would learn to work in harmony

c. all people would be PAID THE SAME for all work regardless

of complexity or level of responsibility

F L A W S / P R O B L E M S

Everyone Who Is Educated Equally Does Not Perform Equally - Poor Output/Production Results

-Why Perform a Job which Requires More Skill, Attention, Work, Complexity, or Responsibility? - Led To Laziness

-No Financial Incentive to Produce More OR Better Goods - Goods Produced are Insufficient in Number & Quality

C L A S S L E S S S O C I E T Y & N O G O V E R N M E N T

Since All People Were Economically Equal - No Robbery, No Theft, No Burglary, No Murder - A Workers' "Paradise"

-Gov't Would Be Unnecessary - Crime would be Eliminated

Flaws of classless society

(1) People Commit Crime for Other Reasons Than Economic Need

(2) Gov't Is A Natural Law - It Must Exist - To Stop Foreign

Attacks - It Simply Cannot "Wither Away" as Marx Suggests