Communism In The United States

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Communism, by definition, is described to be a theory to have all land publicly owned and each person is paid according to their ability to work and needs.”Communism, which is also described as Revolutionary Proletarian Socialism or Marxism, is both a political and economic philosophy.” (allaboutphilosophy.org).Communism also includes: Abolition of Private Property, Heavy Progressive Income Tax, Abolition of Rights of Inheritance, Confiscation of Property Rights, Central Bank, Government Ownership of Communication and Transportation, Government Ownership of Factories and Agriculture, Government Control of Labor, Corporate Farms and Regional Planning, and Government Control of Education. A Constitutional Republic by definition is a form of government …show more content…

The citizens who live in the United States can elect a president to their liking to govern over them. They can elect the president to make laws and rules to help guide the country. A constitution that limited and divided the power of government was necessary to preclude elected officials from imposing tyranny on the people. This is why they adopted a constitution with limited enumerated power, divided and checked across several branches and levels. The way people vote for their representatives and leaders are by having, at a certain age if any by the country’s constitution, polls to have receive a count and selecting a winner on the way a poll and election is run. Citizens vote for their president or leader and other officials of other branches to help guide the country and improving how the country runs.” officials are elected by citizens to lead them as directed by their country’s constitution.” ( legaldictionary.net). Someone might say that even in communism that leaders are elected in somewhat the same way as would the president or leader in a Constitutional Republic would. The difference is that the structure of laws in the Republic can have other sections of the government overrule the president or leader. In communism the elected leader will quickly change laws and rules to make there no way to remove them from their …show more content…

An advantage to this is that if a leader tries to make corrupt rules the other branches can overthrow them. However, if the whole government is corrupt then, example in the US the citizens who have a right to bear arms can fight back against the tyranny in the government and attack them therefore possibly restarting a new government. In communism or a communist government the government can dictate and rule what the citizens of that country can and cannot do.”Communism places strict rules as to how businesses operate in such a way that a classless society is born.” (lumenlearning.com). In communism there also is no freedom of speech and you can't really speak out your opinion unless the government or dictator supports it. The communist belief of a utopia and everything shared and equal always usually fails example “Ho Chi Minh raised a guerrilla army in Vietnam, promising them a Utopian communist future of rule by the people and a communal country. However, what transpired was a nation ruled by corrupt Party officials, with no rights or civil liberty.” (courses.lumenlearning.com). People might say that just because the communist government doesn't always work doesn't mean that it is not great. While that is true the government and people who support communism are usually corrupt and not for the

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