... by a revolutionary movement; responsibility for meeting public needs is then vested in the state (Daniels 177). As a concept of an ideal society, communism is derived from ancient sources, including Plato's Republic and the earliest Christian communes. In the early 19th century, the idea of a communist society was a response of the poor and the dislocated to the beginnings of modern capitalism. At ... people,"" and krator, meaning -rule- or "authority-. The people of ancient Greece used the word demokratia to describe a government where every citizen took part in making the laws and admi...

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... by a revolutionary movement; responsibility for meeting public needs is then vested in the state (Daniels 177). As a concept of an ideal society, communism is derived from ancient sources, including Plato's Republic and the earliest Christian communes. In the early 19th century, the idea of a communist society was a response of the poor and the dislocated to the beginnings of modern capitalism. At ... demos, meaningpeople,? and krator, meaningrule? orauthority?. The people of ancient Greece used the word demokratia to describe a government where every citizen took part in making the laws...

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... master to house and feed his slave, so it was therefore replaced with an economically-friendly labour worker. This upset Marx greatly who had left his fathers wealth to seek justice and equality for all citizens. Marx's writings were, for the most part, economically and politically feasible but implementation of his unorthodox theories would be easier said then done. It's in ... Marx on Democracy, Participating, Voting, and Equality". The 1980's was the last decade of the cold war between the United States of America and the Former Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. Anti-communist sedi...

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