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Communism

Communism is a type of government where everyone is equal so there aren’t any social classes. Also, no one has more money or possessions than anyone else and nobody gets a bigger say in anything than anyone. It is a good government because it keeps the huge population in check and under the communist control there aren’t any civil wars. The bad things are that they don’t have very much freedom of speech, people don’t have more possessions or money than others, and minorities don’t have equal opportunities. . The communists’ government took control of China after 2 decades of fighting and winning in a civil war against the Nationalist political party of China. After that the Nationalists fled to the Republic of China and the Communists got mainland China. This led to two Chinas, the mainland one was called People’s Republic of China (now know as China) and Republic of China (now know as Taiwan). There is still some controversy if the war ever ended because there wasn’t ever a peace treaty signed. After the war the country of China was very poor because their farming techniques were outdated but the government was trying to make things better. . Then Mao Zedong was elected to try and make a better economy. The communist government seized the media and used it to promote Mao Zedong so he would get elected. When he got elected the government and him bought all the factories and the land from all the land owners and used it to get the economy going. But when that was too slow he found a different way to get the economy going. It was called the “Great Leap Forward.” It was more like a great step backward. People rushed to increase production of their business and farm. But when they did they hired people they hired people that had no experience in that job. Then almost all the businesses went bankrupt. He then urged people to rebel against their teachers and families. There were gangs that targeted lawyers and doctors to beat up and kill. The gangs were called the Red Guard. He wanted them do this so there would have a completely different type of government and that no one liked the old type. This was a very bad idea and in the late 1970’s the communists in the government figured out that there system of the Red Guard was hurting their nation. Then they started to enter a limited version of free enterprise. This improved the nation’s economy because then the farmers could sell the surplus of grains to make a profit. . There are many differences from communism (China) and Democracy (United States of America). The main one is that in China you vote for legislators that vote for a higher level of legislators and in America you vote for a person that goes to the job that you voted for them to do. Lots of corruption happens in China because of their voting system. For example you vote for someone and they might say they’ll vote for someone but they end up voting for someone else. Sometimes corruption goes unnoticed in China but in America you can go to jail for a long time. Also in communism you have a lot less freedom of speech than in a democracy. . Communism has been a good and bad type of government for China. Good because it is now one of the biggest world powers, bad because it is a harsh type of government with little rights. Also, did you know that the Red Guard killed hundreds of thousands of people because of what Mao Zedong belived? By: Erik Ohman

Definitions

 * Communism** (kom-yuh-niz-uhm)- it is a government where everyone is equal so there aren't any social classes. Also, no one has more money or possecians than anyone else, and no one's idea is more important than anothers.


 * Nepotism** (nep-uh-tiz-uhm)- to show favoritsm on a basis of family relationship, as in business or politics.


 * Sociopolitical** (soh-shee-oh-puh-lit-i-kuhl)- relating to or involving social and political matters.


 * Corruption** (kuh-ruhp-shuhn)- 1.Political corruption is the abuse of public power or office for self benifits. 2. Police corruption is when a specific form of police misconduct designed to obtain financial benifits, personal gain, or advancement up the ranks.


 * Democracy** (dih-mok-ruh-see)- it is the government system is run by the people. This is when the people can make changes in the government and the people can vote for who they think can run the government the best.


 * Free Enterprize** (Free-en-ter-prahyz)- it is a economical system where people are allowed to choose their own job, start a business, and make a profit.

C.8.1 Identify and explain democracy's basic principles, including individual rights, responsibility for the common good, equal opportunity, equal protection of the laws, freedom of speech, justice, and majority rule with protection for minority rights C.8.3 Explain how laws are developed, how the purposes of government are established, and how the powers of government are acquired, maintained, justified, and sometimes abused
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C.8.1 I think I covered this because Communism is a type of government and so is Democracy. Also in my paper I decribed the differences in the two types of government. C.8.3 I think I covered this one because I showed how people are chose to be in the office for both Democracy and Communism and I showed how sometimes in China the government gets corrupt (which is the abusement of power for personal benifits) and is a problem there.







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