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PS1.pptxSocialism
Introduction
Big Questions
What is the role of the state / government?
What is the role of the individual?
What is the role of the group/ society?
What is the best way to insure the welfare of everyone?
Democratic Socialism and Democratic Capitalism
Socialism
Definition - "An ideology that a) rejects individualism, private ownership, and private profits b) in favor of a system based on c) economic collectivism (all share), d) governmental or societal ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods, and e) social responsibility."
Principles
Community / Societal Focus
Cooperation
Equality
Class Politics
Common Ownership: Public Property
Government Regulation of Economy
Publicly Financed Assistance
Efficiency and General Welfare
Democratic Socialism
Democratic Capitalism
Which is “better”? Why? Are public perceptions correct?
Marxism (Communism)
Introduction
Utopia
Karl Marx’s Classless Society: Economics is the Answer
Principles
Economic Focus
Economic Classes
Proletariat and Bourgeoisie
Modes of Production
Alienation
Labor Theory of Value
Surplus Value
Superstructure
Introduction (continued)
Historical Materialism - Destruction of capitalism
Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis
Feudalism
Capitalism
Contradictions in Capitalism
Revolution
Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Pure Communism
"people would live in a perfect classless, stateless society of spontaneous cooperation in which each individual would contribute according to his or her ability and receive according to his or her needs.”
“Communist Manifesto”
“The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working Men of All Countries, Unite!”
Introduction (continued)
Leninism
Vanguard
Peasants
Capitalist Imperialism
Physical Manifestations
Physical Forms
USSR, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal
PR China
Maoism and now: Authoritarian Capitalism?
