Communist State

A communist state is a state claiming they follow the principles of communism. The idea of Communism came from a man named Karl Marx and means all of your property is owned publicly and people are paid depending on their needs and abilities.

Real Example

One of the last remaining communist states is North Korea. The founding of the communist party of Korea begun in 1925 at a secret meeting in Seoul. The communist party leaders were Kim Yong-bom and Pak Hon-yong. The communist party has had rule over North Korea since the end of World War 2, and to this day are still considered communist as they still have complete control over the aspect of everyone’s lives. In August 1928 the communist party had become the Korean section of the Communist International at the 6th congress of the International. After a few months the Korean communist international was disbanded that same year due to rival faction feuds. However communism did not die there and the party remained in existence through party cells. Korea still describes itself as a communist state, and is one of the last five remaining communist states in the world today.

Fictional Example

A wonderful fictional example of communism would have to be in George Orwell's famous book Animal Farm. Many of the characters in the book are believed to refer to many communist leaders of the time. The book is also filled with many references that refer to examples of communism as well. A prime example is the character Old Major, who many believe represents Karl Marx as they both seem to be founders of communism. Another communism reference is the Pigs that seem to represent the loyalist of the communist party as originally they care deeply about the others but over time they are just as bad as the original masters of the farm itself. The form of government that the animals used is called Animalism, which is essentially communism as they both encourage the equality of others. This is a very good representation as it even shows how communism is ineffective and people still prove to have more power over others.

Annotated Bibliography

“Communist State.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Mar. 2018, simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_state.

A communist state is a state whose constitution claims to follow the principles of communism." The source from wikipedia proves to be viable as they use their own reliable sources and a major sign is it has no slant. The source remains unbiased and true. The five sources may vary depending on the authors slant and the source of there information. This source may be slightly different then the others only because this specifically describes what a communist state is and does not show great detail on the definition of communism.

“Communism.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communism.

"A system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed." Merriam-Webster is a great place to find reliable sources as it is an online dictionary that gives unbiased definitions of things. This definition relates with the other sources as they are relatively the same.

“Communism.” Dictionary.com, Dictionary.com, www.dictionary.com/browse/communism.

"A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state." Dictionary.com is one of the most popular online source finders for easy and fast definitions. There is no objectivity and the definition straight up defines communism the way it was intended having no slant. There is not much variation from this source compared to the others as its basically stating the same things only worded differently.

Hoyt, Alia. “How Communism Works.” HowStuffWorks, HowStuffWorks, 25 Feb. 2008, people.howstuffworks.com/communism.htm.

"Communism is the idea that everyone in a given society receives equal shares of the benefits derived from labor. Communism is designed to allow the poor to rise up and attain financial and social status equal to that of the middle-class landowners." How stuff works is a very popular website used for information. This source could be deemed accurate as it was written by a professional writer, Alia Hoyt. Alia has written for How Stuff Works for ten years and has even been published by TLC, Animal Planet, Yahoo. The information is not slant or biased as the information is backed by other reliable sources and fact checked. This source does slightly vary from the others as all the information was written by a writer who found the information on there own but the info does fact check with the other sources.

Amadeo, Kimberly. “5 Differences Between Communism and Capitalism.” The Balance, www.thebalance.com/communism-characteristics-pros-cons-examples-3305589.

"Communism is an economic system where the collective owns the factors of production. The four factors of production are labor, entrepreneurship, capital goods, and natural resources." This article has very viable information that was not found in the other sources. This may be slightly objective and slanted as the information does come from the words of someone else. The information holds up pretty well with the other four sources as it does have a lot of the same information but might have some slanted info as well.

Works Cited

“Communist State.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Mar. 2018, simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_state.

“Communism.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communism.

“Communism.” Dictionary.com, Dictionary.com, www.dictionary.com/browse/communism

Hoyt, Alia. “How Communism Works.” HowStuffWorks, HowStuffWorks, 25 Feb. 2008, people.howstuffworks.com/communism.htm.

Amadeo, Kimberly. “5 Differences Between Communism and Capitalism.” The Balance, www.thebalance.com/communism-characteristics-pros-cons-examples-3305589.

Tang, Michelle. “Communism.” Animal Farm, animalfarm-michelle-tang.weebly.com/communism.html.

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