Another interpretation is that it was an emergency measure to deal with the economic crisis caused by war, revolution and civil war (Malle 1985). ... The failure of the economic measures in this period led to the New Economic Policy. ... Lenin bitterly realised that this new policy of war communism was not working and one of the measures he took was to appoint former members of the bourgeoisie as managers of factories. ... More recent historians tend to emphasise the emergency character of the economic measures during war communism. Some historians such as Peter Boettke have interpreted war co...

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Regarding the fact that in China, the current official ideology of communism is quickly losing its credit in the public, one may expect possible political and ideolocial reforms in the country. However the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) never clearly indicates that if it intends to loosen cont...

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The characters are determined by their financial position and judged accordingly. ... May Sinclair seems critical of the class structures that invade the personal relations between her characters. ... Patriarchal authority and expression is extremely relevant to the characters, as Harriett's mother within the text does not have a forename. ... Robin works in a bank and aims to further his position up the materialist and economic system and only when that has happened does he consider himself viable to undergo a measure such as marriage. ...

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Commodities are an important measure of capitalism because the economy is based on the accumulations of such items. ... "The species-character of man is his consciousness of being in a practical-organic relationship with the totality of nature. ...

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The working class can achieve political power by using the political organizations to achieve its goals without having to go to drastic measures such as a general strike which is what Marx theorized would happen. ... Bernstein contended that "the middle classes [have changed] their character but they do not disappear from the social scale" because while the amount of large capitalists has decreased, the amount of capitalists has increased (Bernstein). ...

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Marx's theory of history is an account of the different stages of government through history. His analysis describes capitalism as the first stage followed by socialism and finally communism. Marx believed that socialism is where workers recognized their interests and became "class conscious". This is where people would be aided, on the basis of social needs. The final goal, Communism is based on a class-less society that will be profitable for the vast majority. ...

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