Communist state

psychologically by a history of war. After the Vietnam War, the country crippled under the leadership of the Communist party, the dominant and only political party in the country. The Communist party spreaded its control over every aspect of the country’s citizens and, at the same time, created a pseudo democratic system. The main cause of such corruption is the connection between the Communist Parties of Vietnam and China. While there exists a psychological border between China and Vietnam that…

many still endorse and thank it for the progress that it has facilitated. The government’s ability to intimidate voters into supporting them while repressing opposition groups explains the PAP’s electoral success over the years (Verweij 29-30). The state has effectively repressed multiple opposition parties like the Singaporean Democratic Party and the Worker’s Party which have called for greater public participation in decision making, an end to media censorship, full restoration of human…

Several analysts of democratic systems asserted two causes behind the relative importance of institutional structures, as opposed to society and social organizations for improving the quality of government (Diamond, 2015; Raipone, 1998). Plattner questions the extent to which political institutions effect the apparent difference between governmental influence in the economic sector. Fukuyama (2001) argues the causes of corruption to be a result of the make-up of public institutions, and that it…

If you look at a world map today, you will see an overwhelming majority of countries implementing capitalist ideals and many of them have become very successful. However, very few still apply communist ideals, in contrast to the many countries who tried such forms of government in the 20th century. It is my belief that although communism may not be a bad idea all together, it is still a flawed system that cannot work, and a free market system is better. One reason Communism does not work is…

very deeply. At the tail end of the colonial era of India, as the Communist Party was gaining a footing and creating a cultural movement, the Communists used music as a way of spreading their politics and reaching out to the peasant folk. This was a very troubling, uncertain period for the people of India, with wars, famine, riots, and the eventual independence and partitioning of the region. In this difficult period, the Communist Party arrived, seemingly reaching down, helping to pull the…

China’s Son, written by Da Chen, is a fascinating memoir about his own childhood. He not only created a beautiful memoir, but he showed how you can form a subtle, yet powerful life changing event. When Da Chen was young, he lived in southern communist China, 1962. In his childhood Da’s family was mistreated in many ways. But until one faithful day, he would have no idea about how his family was mistreated, or why his mother wouldn’t let him play outside. After this…

There are about 282 million rural migrant workers in China, making up more than one third of the working population of China (DongFang, 2017). Every household in China have to register based on a system that was formally introduced by the Communist government in 1958 (DongFang, 2017). The majority of these jobs are low-paid jobs in manufacturing, construction and service work. On average, they would spend 25.2 days a month working, and 8.7 hours each day. The vast majority would work around…

This quote gives us a dark and miserable look at just how manipulative Big Brother and his Party can be. Before Winston had gone through this torture he believed that the only thing that the party couldn't control was the inner workings of the human brain. However after this quote we see just how horrible the party can be. They were able to find Winston's weakness and exploit them so that he had no choice but to conform to what the party wanted. He was broken down as a man and had lost all of…

“Animal Farm” by George Orwell is interesting in the way that it has many meanings to the plot of the story and one must greatly comprehend what is going on to fully understand the meaning of this book. This book took place in England of 1945, during World War II. In this plot we learn much on the subject of government and the great force of opinion along with loyalties and belief. In reading this book the author’s tone seems to be forceful, strong, and very persuasive. The opinionation of the…

While both In Dubious Battle and Uncle Tom’s Children present communism as a mode of social progress, Wright’s focus is undeniably racial and subtly more hopeful. In a 1944 essay for The Atlantic Monthly, he wrote about his communist enlightenment: “It was not the economics of Communism, nor the great power of trade unions, nor the excitement of underground politics that claimed me; my attention was caught by the similarity of the experiences of workers in other lands, by the…