- In the United States as of 2010, socialism was viewed negatively by 58% of all Americans, while 36% viewed it positively. Republicans and Conservatives both shared majority negative of views on socialism while Democrats and Liberals shared more positive views on socialism, however it was 53% positive for Democrats and 61% positive for Liberals. (Newport, Socialism viewed positively by 36% of Americans, 2010)
- In 2012, the top ten most censored countries (suppressed, no contact from outside world, limited freedom) were all communist nations. (Wang, Censorship in Communist Countries, 2014)
- Less than 48% of the population of China can legally access the internet such as Google or Yahoo, however, more young people in China are finding ways around this type of oppression. (Wang, Censorship in Communist Countries, 2014)
- A famous Marxist saying was recited as this:
Socialism cannot come into existence
without revolution. For the birth of
socialism to take place the old order must
die. This requires, according to Marx, the
overthrow of the existing ruling power,
which he defines as revolution.
(n.a. 25 Key Points about Marxism, n.d.)
- During the communist period of the Soviet Union, nearly 61 million people were killed, with Joseph Stalin being accounted for about 43 million of these deaths. (Rummle, Murder by Communism, 1993)
- The Communist Manifesto outlined around ten distinct goals of the Communist Party consisting of the principles such as: free education for all children and the abolishment of child labour, confiscation of property of rebels or people who deny the system, the combination of agriculture and the manufacturing industry, and even a heavy progressive or graduated income tax. (Cole, What You Need to Know about the Communist Manifesto', 2016)
- Marxism and socialism are extremely similar, however, they greatly differ by marxism being just as equal as communism, while socialism is the planning and organization of resources, and is a lesser degree of communism or marxism. Marxism is practically the theory behind communism; the two cannot be separated. (Prabhat, Difference Between Communism and Marxism, 2011)
the facts stated that in 2012, the top 10 most suppressed countries where all communist nations. Since communism and marxism are relatively alike how many people had to follow other peoples beliefs?
ReplyDeleteHi Goldie, if you are referring to cultural diversity and religious beliefs then it honestly really depends. All countries are different, for example, in North Korea (a communist nation) people are to not engage in religious practices that are created around the world. In places such as those, the government tries to control what the people of its nation hear, do and say, because if not, it will interfere with the system at hand. Yet at the beginning, Karl Marx was an atheist and expressed his views that atheism was part of the foundation of communism. Many parts of Asia also held this view, meaning no one could have a religion because it went against communism. However, some countries may differ about the views of religion, again not all are the same. In this case, most communist nations were atheist, so even if these people had a religion, they had to follow a belief that wasn't really theirs. With so many people in all these countries, many, many people had to not only follow an unfair practice, but succumb to their government's communist society.
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