Marxism v Socialism
- Karl Marx:
- Wants a utopia to be there with Communism
- Did not like Socialism because according to Socialist Values the wealth will trickle down
- Believed that the Bourgeoisie must die for a utopia to exists
- He believes everything is caused by money, and who holds it
- Britain was on the verge of a Communist Revolution
- Bourgeoisie Regularly manipulate the workers and don't pay them a high amount of
Stages of Marxist Communism
- Massive Exploitation: Workers are manipulated by the bourgeoisie
- Bloody Revolution: A spontaneous revolution where the workers rise up and slaughter the bourgeoisie
- Proletariat Dictatorship: A brief period is set up where the educated will split up everything equally and set up jobs and housing
- Controlled Anarchy: The government withers away, and everyone is equal
Soviet Union
- The Soviets were stuck in Stage 3
- The Soviet Union came up with the reason for not withering the government that:
- There are enemies abroad so they cannot dissolve \
Marxist-Leninism
- Lenin realizes that he has to tweak Marxism
- Russia is an Agrarian not properly industrialized country
- It would be the last place Marxism would occur naturally in Europe
- Lenin suggests skipping the Industrialism stage and go straight to Communism
- Lenin realizes that he needs to cause it to occur in an Agrarian country rather than an Industrial country
- Farmers:
- Farmers won't rise up naturally, they are contempt to live that way
- Lenin suggests that they need an intellectual vanguard to impose the revolution
- Not in Europe:
- To explain the fact that Europe has not had a revolution
- Lenin says that to postpone a revolution Europe is no longer exploiting the Proletariats but exploiting the Third World ( ie: Africa )
- They went into colonies and expropriated and stole raw materials and enslaved the people
The Rise of Communism
- 2 Revolutions of 1917
- March Revolution ( Mar. 12 )
- November Revolution ( Nov. 6 )