Communism: Its Origins and World Impact

Communism, a Basic Human Perspective!

To this day people who were ruled by communist government still feel the pain and results from it. Communism can be seen as a theory and a system of both political and social organization that has had a great impact on the world through most of the twentieth century. Let us begin by defining what communism is, where it all began, who were some of the key people that played a major role in communism, and when it fell apart.

There are many different definitions of communism. Miskelly and Noce defined it as "A political, economic and social theory that promotes common ownership of property for the use of all citizens, all profits are to be equally distributed and prices on goods and services are usually set by the state" (Miskelly & Noce, 410). In theory communism should create a classless society and freedom, in which all people would enjoy equal economic status. That may be a theory of what communism should be like but in practice the government cared little for the working class citizens and only wanted to preserve their own power.

In a communist government it is the state that controls the government, the production of goods, and the distribution of goods. Communism can also be defined as a concept or system of society in which major resources and means of production are owned by the community rather than an individual. This means that people who were ruled by a communist government did not own any private property and all the labor forces should work for the benefit of the whole community. Communism is seen as the "class genocide" the elimination of classes. The term class refers a way of grouping people within a society who share the same social and economic status. Communism out...

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...ism later spread to countries such as Yugoslavia by a man named Marshal Tito (1892-1982), Gechoslovakia, North Korea, Albania, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and East Germany.

Communism in china was lead by a man named Mao-Tse-Tung (1893-1976) who is also known as Mao Zedong. Following china's example of becoming communist were North Vietnam in 1954, South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia in the 1970's. There were also communist movements in Asia.

Communism was supposed to be a world of equality. Yet it has committed a number of crimes no only against individuals but also against world civilization and national cultures. For example Stalin demolished dozens of churches in Moscow; Nicolae Caeusescu destroyed the historical heart of Bucharest to give free rein to his megalomania; Pol Pot dismantled the Phnom Penh cathedral stone. These are only a few examples.