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This 6 page paper looks at communism as it was intended by Marx and the reality as it exists in China today. While unusual, this paper is written in first person as requested by a student. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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communism. Marxs model was laid out in the work called The Communist Manifesto, a book written by Marx and his cohort Friedrich Engels. In the work, and in respect to
Marxs overall ideology, it is clear that the theorist wanted to effect a utopia. Yet, I do not believe that occurred in China and even if the outcome is not
what was intended, the problem of reconciling Chinese communism with Marxism appears to be vast. West (2000) says : "Not only the exploited workers in European factories who were Marxs
model but people everywhere, uprooted from farms, loaded down with debt, deprived of their communities, and forced into poverty by economic forces or political oppression have found in this movement
the expression of their alienated humanity and the meaning of their existence. It is no accident that Marxist ideology prevailed in China, one of the poorest countries in the world....
Wherever peoples have nothing to lose, this doctrine gives expression to their revolutionary existence" (p.2). I think that Wests idea that communism is embraced more by the poor, and it
is well accepted in poor states, is well taken. It is true that even in the United States for example, there are people who are a part of the underclass
and they sometimes find solace in the communist ideology or even in support of the Democratic party. I do not believe that it is an accident--or something intrinsic--that propels the
wealthy to the Republican camp. The idea of sharing the wealth is entrenched in Marxism. However, I think that the problem in effecting communism properly, or how Marx wanted it
implemented, is one of logistics and circumstance. Communism also has never been embraced by leaders who have been truly willing to give up their own wealth or prestige for their
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