I want to share with you a task that I did on communism and socialism, investigating I realized that it is not the same contrary to what I believed
Throughout the history in the world and as a consequence of the changes that have transformed the societies has appeared the manifest interest on the part of the human beings of adopting different forms of social and politic relation, of there have manifested different political and Religious, who have established significant contributions in management and behavior in masses; Hence the emergence of these political systems or government have been maintained or disappeared throughout history as a logical consequence of their actions and as a fundamental reason in the evolution of new political processes. This is to determine the existence and permanence in the time during the beginnings of the 21st century of communism as a doctrine towards a possible disappearance.
General objective
• Know the permanence, emergence and / or disappearance of communism in the world during the 21st century.
Specific objectives
• Define the basic principles of communism.
• Describe the transitions capitalism-socialism, socialism-communism.
• State the different countries practicing communism in the 21st century.
Chapter I: Fundamental Concepts.
To understand this documentary research we must take into account some basic ideas of the political current of communism and its relation to socialism.
1.1 Communism
Firstly, it is possible to define communism as a social formation without classes and equality, which together are capable of creating a productive force capable of developing and self-subsisting, according to Engels, as "the doctrine of the conditions of the liberation of the proletariat."
1.2 Where does the proletariat that defends communism come from?
The proletariat is a social class that subsists mainly in the sale of its labor and essentially depends on labor. This working class defended by communism arises in the era of machinism (XXI century), where the great capitalists invested in expensive machines that They replaced all or part of the work of the worker, causing him to move and drift.
1.3 Socialism as a "pre-communism"
Lenin states that "socialism is the society that derives directly from capitalism. It is the first type of the new society. Communism, on the other hand, is a higher type of society, and can only be developed when socialism has completely consolidated itself "; This means that initially there must be a political and economic doctrine that supports the ownership and administration of the means of production by the working classes in order to achieve an organization of society in which there is a political, social and Economic development of all people before reaching the utopia that relates to communism.
Chapter II: Transitions.
These arise definitively from the gradual necessity of changes in society, in this case guided by an ideological and political matrix resulting from the levels of social inequality and discontent.
2.1 Transition from capitalism to socialism.
The social changes or transitions in the first stage of socialism must become absolutely the hand of the proletariat, the exploited, since it is their task to fundamentally overturn the historical reaches that capitalism has managed to silence and impose and build the foundations of socialism.
Such a transformation begins with the empowerment of the working class over the goods of the great capitalist industry which lay the foundations for the achievement of numerous objectives, history will define the methodology, will always depend on the circumstances in which the economy and the Struggle and drive that accrue from these changes.
The compensations arising from the takeover of capitalist enterprises or the possible formation of mixed properties are not discarded within these aspects.
One of the great tasks of great complexity for the working class is to transform the existing types of economy into a class of small productions.
In this sense it is understood this type of transformations like the dictatorship of the proletariat that embraces the culture and the spiritual life of the society; It is a question of a re-structuring of education towards a socialist thinking of new and old thinkers from the grassroots who contribute to an ideological and new social consciousness.
The class struggle of the proletariat is in itself the true construction of socialism, it is often logical to create a revolutionary force that faces the resistance of the bourgeoisie to allow social changes to develop. This type of struggle will determine the degree of intensity according to the types of group of the bourgeoisie, small owners where gradual changes can be made to the socialist state, will always depend on the country where these methods are applied and the international environment influential.
It is important to emphasize how transcendental in these transformations to socialism, the organization of the state and the party, that can evaluate and / or correct errors that could be committed in time, otherwise they may violate the crumbling of socialist conquests.
2.1 Transition from socialism to communism.
Inevitably society must allow a gradual transition from the socialist model to the communist that is bound together under the same historical current, towards a new society. Even at this stage it is possible to speak of an almost total suppression of the exploiting classes, in this sense it is possible to speak of a united society and consents to an objective, this because the communist society proposes democratic methods and constant improvement in the Life and society.
Constructing communism established in socialism arises in a more spontaneous and organized way, due to the maturity reached by this during the process, then it is said that only with a consolidated and firm socialism can be concretized or transcend the path to communism.
The respective theories of these transformational facts establish a position on the increase in the payment to work according to quality and quantity, lower prices and definitive abolition of taxes on the population, in addition to the creation or expansion of social funds that are destined To the satisfaction of needs but with a well defined objective that consists in the gratuitousness of some works or services offered to the society (medical assistance, education).
More economically in the early stages, we must work tirelessly towards an increase in production in high consumption articles, in housing, a decrease in working hours and a significant improvement in working conditions, improvement of health and The undoubted improvements in the living conditions of the family.
Chapter III: Socialism in the 21st Century.
Today socialism has been experiencing its presence intermittently, succeeding in subsisting on the different ideological currents that have undoubtedly pressured its permanence in time.
3.1 Main socialist countries of our time.
At present, countries such as the People's Republic of China, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Lao People's Democratic Republic have a socialist ideology as the official political current, but these nations have economically pursued reforms in which there is a free market.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, despite being a socialist state, also has an ideal called Juche developed by Kim Il Sung named the eternal president of that republic. This ideal is called as an ideology superior to Marxism.
The Republic of Cuba also has a political and economic system that is one-party and statist, similar to that of the first named nations also have economic restorations that allow the entry of private property in certain sectors.
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