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 Communism
By Phil Strong Mahaffey, Martin Rennaker, Nathan
Marsales, Ava Isensee, and Tony Reyes
Simulation
 10 Can
dies

3 Can
dies
Discussion
In the first system.

How did you feel if you had a lot of the candy?

How did you feel if you had a little?

Discussion
In the second system.

How did you feel when you couldnt afford the car?

Did you think this was fair? Why or why not?

Discussion
Which system did you prefer personally?

Which did you think was better for everyone as a whole?

What do you already
know?
What is Communism?
Created by German philosophers
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

Created based off of Marx and

Engels experiences looking at
the state of the working class in
England and Germany.
 What is Communism Cont.
Most famously documented
in the pairs book, The
Communist Manifesto,
written in 1848.
Based on creating a
classless society where the
working class drives the
economy.
Types of Communism
1. Marxism-Leninism

2. Maoism

3. Stalinism

And many more!

Marxism-Leninism
Based on teachings
of Marx and Engels.
Brought to Russia by
Vladimir Lenin and the
Bolsheviks in 1917, creating the
worlds first Socialist State,
the Soviet Union.
Still the most popular communist ideology today, practiced
by nations such as Cuba, China, and Vietnam.
 Marxism-Leninism Cont.
Advocates putting the means of
production in the hands of the
proletariat, or the workers.
Practices Internationalism, thinking of the world as
a whole.
Advocates strong opposition to Capitalism and
oppression of workers by business owners, or
Bourgeois.
Marxism-Leninism Cont.
Has a system of one party
rule, but still encourages
democratic ideas like voting.
Command economy-the
government controls the
economy.
Stalinism
Ideology of Joseph
Stalin.
Brought to Soviet
Union in 1922 when
Stalin took power.
Often mistaken as the
only type of Communism.
 Stalinism Cont.
Stalin ruled as a totalitarian
dictator.
Police terror and surveillance
as a means of control. *cough* Patriot Act *cough*

Cult-like propaganda. *cough* NSA *cough*

Stalinism Cont.
Promoted collectivized
Agriculture.
Great Purge of Capitalists and
other dissenters.
Rapid industrialization, even
at the cost of lives.
 Maoism
Created and named
after Mao Zedong, first
Communist Chairman of
China.
Mao brought his
Communism to China in
1949.
 Maoism Cont.
Maoist philosophy focuses on
the peasants of a non-industrial
country, rather than the
industrialized working class.
Spread to other Asian
countries like Vietnam and Korea.
Other Types of Communism
1. Trotskyism 6. Eurocommunism
2. Dengism 7. Luxemburgism
3. Prachanda Path 8. Council Communism
4. Hoxhaism 9. Anarchist communism
5. Titoism 10. Christian Communism
 Juche
Juche is a political philosophy Kim Jong Il adopted to unify his people in
opposition to all things foreign, especially during hard times such as famine
and poor economy.

Juche means self-reliance and to the North Korean people this is a form of
national pride

The Juche idea is based on the philosophical principle that man is the
master of everything and decides everything according to the DPRK
(Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea)
Where is Korea?
Some History
When Japan was defeated in World War 2 its hold on
Korea was disestablished and the North part of Korea
was taken control of by the Soviets who established
Communism, and the south was taken hold of by
American Forces.
Extended History
Since the split of the
Koreas, North Korea has
become extremely
isolated. The leaders of
North Korea have been
Kim Il Song, Kim Jong Il
and now recently Kim
Jong Un.
The DMZ and Border Control
National Geographic: Inside North Korea Documentary
Video
Government & Politics
Kim Jong Un is an absolute dictator

- He is worshipped by his people

- The state controls the media and radio that is filtered and overloaded with

propaganda. There is not internet and cellphones are banned

- When outsiders are allowed in they are given a strict schedule and shown

only parts the government wants them to see.

Prison Camps
Prisoners do hard labour which includes coal mining, field work, logging and
factory work, with poor-unsafe conditions.

Torture is involves constant beatings, burning, thrashings, and other more

gruesome methods

- Camp 22 (and others) is a family camp,

which hold people who have not committed
crimes themselves but have family members
who have. Including extended family.
- I remember seeing kids fighting over a corn kernel they found
inside cow dung. A cow had eaten corn, and the
children eventually washed it in the water and ate it.
-Ahn Myong Chol (defected officer from Camp 22)
Any Questions?