Communism: The Political and Social Ideology of Communism

There are countless resources on the Web whose primary objective is to inform those who are interested about the social and political ideology of Communism, its inherent flaws, and the destruction and social atrocities it has wrought during the last century. From the original author's of the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels, through the Russian Revolution and the early utopian visions of pure Communism, information is readily available via the Internet.

Although Communism, as originally described by Marx and Engels, was intended as a blueprint for a utopian, classless society in which the workers controlled the state and everyone consumed equally and only as necessary, the implementation of the ideology involved enormous social and economic hurdles. These hurdles offered the opportunity for aggressive and power-hungry leaders to establish an elite and all-powerful ruling class, which was disguised as a vehicle through which equality and industrial prominence would be achieved. The utopian society described by Marx and Engels was ultimately perverted by leaders such as Lenin, Stalin, Pol, Mao, Ho, Kim, and others.

Since the rapid demise of Communism in Russia and other strongholds around the globe in the late 80s and early 90s, the uphill battle of restoring order and democracy in former Communist nations has been waged to varying degrees of success. The World Wide Web offers information about the current progress and pitfalls being experienced around the world, as the global community continues to struggle to overcome the devastation and disorder left in Communism's ugly wake.