The United States Needs Communism By Comrade Ben
The United States Needs Communism By: Comrade Ben Erman
Adam and Jill’s Story Mc. Donald’s sign pulled from Google Images.
Argument #1: Improvement of the Economy Harrison, Mark. “The Soviet economy, 1917 -1991: Its life and afterlife. ” Vox EU. 7 Nov. 2017, https: //voxeu. org/article/soviet-economy-1917 -1991 -itslife-and-afterlife.
Desire in Economically-Developed Lands Benjamin, Roger W. , and John H. Kautsky. “Communism and Economic Development. ” The American Political Science Review, vol. 62, no. 1, 1968, pp. 110– 123. JSTOR, www. jstor. org/stable/1953329. Modern Russia pulled from Google Images.
Argument #2: Abolition of Social Class = Capitalist and Proletariat images pulled from Google Images.
Defining “Private Property” Marx, Karl, and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto. The Communist League, 1848, https: //www. marxists. org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch 02. htm. Rummel, R. J. “Marxism, Class Conflict, and the Conflict Helix. ” Powerkills. https: //www. hawaii. edu/powerkills/CIP. CHAP 5. HTM.
Argument #3: Stronger National Unity - for Leninism and Communist Ideals. Resolution: Soviet Unity for Leninism and Communist Ideas. Library of Congress. https: //www. loc. gov/exhibits/archives/ab 2 unity. html. Gorbachev pulled from Google Images.
The Fist and Communism Moss, Stephen. “What’s in a clenched fist? ” The Guardian, 30 May 2006, https: //www. theguardian. com/film/2006/may/30/cannes 2006. cannesfilmfestival. Fist pulled from Google Images.
Counterargument #1: No Guaranteed Individual Rights Lambelet, Doriane. “THE CONTRADICTION BETWEEN SOVIET AND AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS DOCTRINE: RECONCILIATION THROUGH PERESTROIKA AND PRAGMATISM. ” Boston University International Law Journal, 7(61), 1989, https: //scholarship. law. duke. edu/cgi/viewcontent. cgi? article=1744&context=faculty_scholarship. Censored mouth pulled from Google Images
Counterargument #2: No Economic Freedom Alexe, Carmen. “I Grew Up in a Communist System. Here’s What Americans Don’t Understand About Freedom. ” The Foundation for Economic Education, 9 Mar. 2018, https: //fee. org/articles/i-grew-up-in-a-communist-system-here-s-what-americans-don-t-understand-about-freedom/. Dollar sign with slash pulled from Google Images.
Why Counterargument #1 is Unsound
Why Counterargument #2 is Unsound
Conclusion: The Necessity of Communism
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