1 / 12

Socialism

Socialism. By: Maria. Introduction…. Define Socialism…. Socialism is a centrally planned economy in which the government controls all means of production.

magnar
Download Presentation

Socialism

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Socialism By: Maria

  2. Introduction…

  3. Define Socialism… Socialism is a centrally planned economy in which the government controls all means of production. If you were to live in a Socialistic Community, you wouldn't be able to think for yourselves. You would rely on the government and they would do everything for you. At first, you may think this is a good idea, but over time it resolves to eliminating your rights. Socialism also lowers the average income of a working person and lowers the ability to grow personal wealth. Socialism = Bigger Government This is against every thing our Founding Fathers planned for us!

  4. Types of Socialism… • There are three main types of Socialism: • Marxism: the economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that class struggle is needed to create a historical change. • Eco-Socialism: The use of ecological problems, such as climate change to persuade people to support government control of private industry. • Eco-socialists would blame the traditional Right, (conservative), for overlooking or not properly addressing ecological problems. • Man Made Global Warming: The attribution of recent climate change in the effort to create needs for a socialistic government. • Communism:a social structure in which, social classes are abolished and property and production is commonly controlled by a central government.. Karl Marx Friedrich Engels

  5. What is Wealth Redistribution? • A main part of the theory of Socialism is Wealth Redistribution . This is the spreading of wealth by the government from high wage earners to lower income earners in order to make things “equalized and fair.” With the use of Tax Dollars , the government levies high taxes on higher incomes and redistributes it as entitlements to lower wage earners. An example of wealth redistribution, put into terms of an everyday middle school student: Imagine you have a math test that you studied extremely hard for to get a good grade. You take the test and the next day you find out you got a 75, but you got all the questions right. You go to your teacher and ask them why you got a 75, they tell you, “The other 25% of the grade has gone to the other students who didn’t do as well as you.” Even though you worked hard for your grade, the other students who didn’t study for the test got the same grade as you, just because you got a better grade then them.

  6. Information…

  7. Who is involved? Socialism is not a new idea, Marx wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848 . Since then many different forms of Socialism have been tried and have all FAILED. In every instance, all attempts at creating true socialist governments have resulted in weak economies and the reduction of human rights at the hands of very powerful governments. In our government, there are some congressman, senators, or maybe even our own president, who agree with the theory of Socialism, this is very dangerous. Though we may not have recognized it, we have been shown many examples of Socialism very recently. Such as: • Socialized Healthcare • Welfare • Government Bailouts • Economic Stimulus • Government “Take Over” of car companies

  8. Where is it happening? • Many countries around the world are involved with the political theory of Socialism. These countries include: • Cuba • North Korea* • Venezuela • China* • Vietnam* • Syria* • Belarus * • Sweden* • Angola** • Greece** • Spain** • Soviet Union** • Poland** • *Note that most of these countries are found in the Eastern Hemisphere where Marx and Engels first wrote about the Communist Manifesto. • **All attempts of Socialism have failed in these countries. This is evidence that Socialism does not work.

  9. Why you should care… Socialism… • Strengthens government’s control over individual freedom. • Weakens individual rights • Lowers economic production and limits individual wealth • Our own system of government allows for a possible Socialist take over of our democracy.

  10. What we could do to change this… • Understand what Socialism is • Educate others on this topic • Recognize the signs • Get involved with pro-democratic and free market organizations • Take your civic duty seriously and vote for those who will fight Socialism in our society.

  11. Where can students go for more information? Websites: • www.heritage.org • www.teaparty.org Organizations: CPAC* *Highly recommended (I went here, trust me it helps, for more information visit the “Organizations” tab!)

  12. Questions? Comments? • We want to know what you think! • Visit the comments tab to voice your motive!

More Related