How Did Socialism Impact Australia

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Socialism believes in equality rather than achievement. It values workers, not by the quality of what they produce, but by the amount of time they put in. Socialism makes individuals and families more dependent on their state or nation, for everything from food to health care.1 All socialist theories propose the end of poverty, by distributing money as equally and efficiently as possible.2 It provides social welfare, to give assistance to individuals and families in need. Mainly started by Karl Marx in the late 19th century, Socialism grew with the intent that it would bring a better, more equal life-style for everyone.
Labor’s constitution states: “The Australian Labor Party is a democratic socialist party, and has the objective of the democratic socialisation of industry, production, distribution and exchange.” This “socialist objective” was introduced in 1917, after the aftermath from World War One and the Russian Revolution. Support for socialism grew in the trade unions, and at the 1921 All Australian Trades Union Congress a resolution was passed, calling for the socialisation of industries and production.3 This was led by Maurice Blackburn, an Australian politician and socialist lawyer. A member of the Victorian Socialist party, then later the Australian Labor Party. He successfully led the move to have Socialism as the means of …show more content…

Though the government does control a majority of our schools, hospitals and businesses. They also want to be as fair as possible to the Australian citizens. It gave a hope to the people for a better life-style, where they would be getting the same as everyone else. But Socialism was where everyone got paid equally, which meant doctors were getting the same pay as shelf-stackers, which was not fair. The introduction of Stalinist regimes produced a reaction against Socialism (in general), and caused the defeat of the Australian Labor government in 1949.6 Before getting re-elected in

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