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Communism
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Communism is a theory or a form of government in which all property is shared and distributed as needed. This ideal theory sounds like an efficient way to run a society. However, the theory of communism is very different from the real application of it in our current world.
In reality, common people rarely benefit from communist societies. An example of this is Soviet Russia, where the population rebelled against the unfair monarchy in the Russian Revolution and put the Communist party in power. Unfortunately, Russia’s new rulers abused their power and used the “idea” of communism as an excuse for unreasonable rule: giving the same small amount of money to average citizens whether they held jobs or not, and secretly taking large sums of products and riches for themselves. In order to “share” property equally, the government ended up simply keeping everyone poor and oppressed.
This repression of individuality in communist Russia was commonplace in author Ayn Rand’s life until she fled the country in 1926. Her experiences with “real communism” were motivations for her to write her novella, Anthem, a meaningful story about a man who manages to find his individuality in a future society that has lost the meaning of the word “I”.
Today there are very few movements for communism that still exist. In Russia, the Communist party still subsists. However, most people have come to see the wisdom of a statement by newspaperman, political commentator, and prolific writer H.L. Mencken. "Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies." This is very true, because although the idea of communism seems justified, in our everyday lives, the physical reality and effects of communistic rule are morally wrong. Poverty, uprisings against government, and low qualities of life are results of communism. By pursuing the American dream and attaining an individual, respected identity, communism can be forever resisted.
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