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Origins of Communism. Marxism appeal in Asia Modern World History, Unit 2. Test Results. Sean, Amber, Keith. Objectives. A) Karl Marx & Frederick Engels. Historical Materialism ( AKA Modes of Production ).
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Origins of Communism Marxism appeal in Asia Modern World History, Unit 2
Test Results Sean, Amber, Keith
Historical Materialism (AKA Modes of Production) Is America already socialist? Is government involved in nearly every aspect of life?
C) Why Asian Countries turned Communist
Top 5 Mass Murders of the 20th Century
E) 6 reasons why Capitalism will Collapse according to Marx
Tribal/Hunter-gatherer Slavery Feudal Capitalist Socialist Communism Marx sees people and things as how they relate to the economy. Banker from Yorkshire – “If I estimate the whole currency (banknotes) and the amount of the liabilities of the Bank and country bankers, payable on demand, I find a sum of 153 million, which, by law, can be converted into gold…and the amount of gold to meet this demand only 14 million. It is impossible to decide what part arises out of real bona fide transactions, such as actual bargain and sale, or what part is fictitious and mere accommodation paper, that is, where one bill of exchange is drawn to take up another running, in order to raise a fictitious capital, by creating so much currency.” (Marx, Capital volume 3, ch. 25).
Homework • Spy Museum • Propaganda Examples: • 1) How to tell Jap from Chinamen • 2) US as capitalist, baby killing nation • 3) Christian Bale movie, preview