communism

The Problem Of Communism

The idea of communism is now a little less than 200 years old, and since then, it has had a remarkable history. It is one of the fastest proliferated ideologies in political history. More interestingly, however, is that since its emergence, communism has been able to inform many, and also large, state systems, such as...

Is Money Too Successful For The West?

Although the race for superiority between communism and capitalism ended already in 1990, the repercussions of the Cold War can still be felt at times. Political science students learn about the 40-year period of ideological warfare, but the more we move forward in time, the more difficult it seems to envision a viable competitive political...

Why Do We Love/Hate Communism?

For some, the word communism carries a bad connotation in both political and social terms. Beginning from critique on Karl Marx, over to failed states like the Soviet Union, to the countless dictators, who were responsible for millions of deaths, communists are viewed as aggressive, radical, closed-minded and, therefore, repulsive. For some, however, communism is...