ppt - capitalism vs communism

8/12/2019 PPT - Capitalism vs Communism

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What is Communism? Communism- a government where people

shared work fairly and were paid equally.

The word Communism comes from the Latin

word Communis which means commonor

belonging to all.


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The Beliefs of Communism

The rich get richer.

The poor get poorer.

People wanted tomake everythingequal.


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ta je komunizam?Komunizamideologija jednakosti


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Do you agree? Or disagree?

Based off of what

you know, do you

think Communismis a good idea?

If yes: explain

why

If no: what arepotential dangers

of Communism?


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Capitalism

An economic and

political system in

which a country'strade and industry

are controlled by

privateownersfor profit.


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Basics of Capitalism:

Capitalism is said to

promote economic

growth and the

overall standard ofliving.

In other words,

capitalism creates

CAPITAL(money)and lots of it.


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Basics of Capitalism:

Buyers (people) influence the marketthrough their demand and ability to

purchase goods and services. There is

very little government intervention.

Producers (businesses) are motivated by

profit(money) and therefore create

whatever goods people will buy.

In other words, the businesses run theeconomy, the government stays out of it!


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Do you agree? Or disagree?

Based off of what

you know, do you

think Capitalism isa good idea?

If yes: explain

why

If no: what arepotential dangers

of Capitalism?


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Problems with Capitalism:

There is a

growing gap

between the richand the poor. The

rich get richer and

the people who

work for themremain poor.


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So what is the best solution?

Do you believe

that Communism

or Capitalism is abetter economic

system?

Yes = Capitalism

No = Communism

Be sure to youspecific reasons to

support your

answer.


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Chinese Economy from WWII -

PresentAfter WWII, the

Communist Party

gained a lot ofsupport.

Mao Zedong was

the leader


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Maos China

Mao Zedong used

propagandato

spread the ideas ofCommunism and

published The

Little Red Book to

teach peoplecommunist

philosophies


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The Great Leap Forward - 1958

In 1958 Zedong began a radical program called the

Great Leap Forward to increase production in farms

and factories

The Communists rushed to increase production

and made people with little to no experiencetry to

farm or produce steel in their backyards.

The steel was of poor quality making it uselessand

the poor weather resulted in a widespread famine.

An estimated 30 million people died of starvation


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The Cultural Revolution - 1966

Create a society with no ties to the past:

Closed schools

Urged students to rebel against their students,

these people were called Red Guards

Many Ancient Chinese buildings were destroyed

Anyone opposing Zedong was attacked by theyoung Red Guards

Finally, they began to turn against Zedong and were

eventually imprisoned

Hundreds of thousands of

people were killed

China was in turmoil!


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The Four Modernizations - 1981

Deng Xiaoping became the new leader of China in

1981. Over the past 20 years, China has seen slow

changes in their economy, allowing some free

enterprise (meaning that the government doescontrol ALL aspects of the economy)

Xiaoping led The Four Modernizations:

Farming

Industry

Science

Defense


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Modern China Today, China is a major economic power China still only has one political party, the Chinese

Communist Party, meaning there is no political

freedom

In 1989, people gathered in Tiananmen Square inChinas capital to protest for democracy. The

government sent in troops and tanks, 1000s were

killed or wounded.


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Modern China

There is still a need for human rights reforms

China today is one of the worlds greatest

manufacturing countries

While the economy is slowly changing, there is not

much room for political change given the fact that

there is only one political party allowed.


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Inferring what you know Based off of what you know about Mao Zedong, what

is the irony of this political cartoon, and what it istrying to communicate?

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