Communism Dbq Essay

During the twentieth century, countries such as Russia and China became very large and influential because they followed adopted the communist policy. Communism was a system that everyone had wanted because of the pain and destruction of World War II. It brought hope and happy times for many of the people living in these countries and it effectively met the economic needs of society.

The main principle of communism that everyone knows is that everyone is equal and there is no social class distinction. Consequently, there would be no more private property to help establish this lack of class distinction and any businesses would be handled by the government from then on. Everyone would be paid the same no matter the amount of work that they put in and it would not matter what their job would be. Many argue that since there is no private property and everyone is paid the same it would cause people to be less motivated because of the lack of competition and the government would eventually have to use fear

to motivate the people. However, these actions actually cause the people to be more unified since their actions would benefit the whole community especially since this is what they wanted after the war. Additionally, this method abolishes greed and this sense of unification is extremely important especially in times of emergency.
Secondly, communism helps the poor greatly and sets them up to be an ideal worker for their community.

Communism supports widespread social welfare enforces the main principle of communism of no social classes. Communism made “improvements to public health and education, provision of child care, provision of state-directed social services, and provision of social benefits”(Source one). This stimulates economic productivity since everyone will be treated well and will feel the need to pay back to the community because of the care they were given. On top of this, communism advocates free education including college because they want the working class to be inspired and strive to be a “New Man.” Finally, they also give free housing and give jobs to people who previously have not had one, so they have low unemployment and low homelessness which is the opposite of capitalist countries such as the U.S. because they were known for having high unemployment and

homelessness.
Finally, communism also rapidly industrialized countries such as Russia (Soviet Union) under the guidance of Stalin and the Five-year Plans. The government made each factory have a certain goal for production such as coal, steel, oil and electricity. Many people were recruited and trained for these jobs in order to bring massive industrialization and it worked phenomenally. Electricity production increased from 5.0 million kilowatts to 91.2 kilowatts in twenty years which is over eighteen times the amount originally produced. The Five-year plans had similar effects with steel, coal, oil and footwear but not that extreme, however those productions at least tripled than what was produced previously.
Communism effectively satisfied the economic needs of the community because of low unemployment, free education, free housing and having a strong and unified community. Communism took away social classes and it rapidly industrialized countries which made those countries go head to head with capitalist countries. Communism brought economic stability and peace after the end of a horrible war.