Communism

Fandel, Jennifer. Communism. 2008, 48p. ISBN 978-1-58341-531-3. 321.9 FAN on the library shelves.

With the industrial revolution inflicting crushing poverty on workers and peasants, political philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels presented a vision of what the world could be like if everyone lived in a communist society. Communist societies were thought to be perfect, breaking down the barriers between different social and economic classes, eliminating greed and want, and making government unnecessary.


In practice, however, it didn’t work. Communist governments, from the Soviet Union to China, never function as perfect societies. Corruption, oppression, and political restrictions all contributed to the ultimate failure of these societies.