Personal Identity: Capitalism And Communism

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"Personal Identity" can be expressed as an exploration and interpretation of my cultural identity trapped between two varying societies. These societies that reside in both the past and present express the ideas and systems that have laid a major impact on the world to shape it as it is today. These ideas and systems have laid several consequences on our world, through the cold war in the past and the present systems of Capitalism and Communism. The effects it has on the global community are also captured with Capitalism expanding its economies and the degrading of the individual in Communism. These consequences contribute to my culture and reflect my personal world, with lines that flow around them leading to subjects of discrimination and

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