USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Communism is a system in which what happens?
A
people are free
B
individuals can vote for representatives in government
C
private businesses own the factories and natural resources and controls the production of goods
D
the government owns the factories and natural resources; people are not free
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -communism, political and economic doctrine that aims to replace private property and a profit-based economy with public ownership and communal control of at least the major means of production (e.g., mines, mills, and factories) and the natural resources of a society.

Detailed explanation-2: -Under communism, none of the “means of production"– such as factories and land – are owned by individuals. Instead, all people work together for the common good, not for profit. The wealth produced is shared among the people, based on their needs, rather than on their contribution to the work.

Detailed explanation-3: -Communism is a political, economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of a communist society, namely a socioeconomic order structured upon the ideas of common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state.

Detailed explanation-4: -Communism, also known as a command system, is an economic system where the government owns most of the factors of production and decides the allocation of resources and what products and services will be provided. The most important originators of communist doctrine were Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.

Detailed explanation-5: -Communism is a classless social system with one form of public ownership of the means of production and with full social equality of all members of society.

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