My summative assessment about Communism.

1. Communism
By Leo Kwok

2. What is Communism?
Communism is a type of governance that makes
everyone in the country equal. No one has power over
another, except the government. There is no poor, no
rich, only middle-class. In theory, this is a pretty good
type of governance, but some dictators start abusing it,
and people start getting killed, it becomes extremely
bad. If the citizens don’t do what the government
wants, the government will punish them, and most
likely kill them.

3. What impact does
Communism have on
individuals?
If some people work in more important jobs, like
banking and things like that, they get the same amount
of money as people who work in less important jobs,
like coal mining. This might result with the person with
the more important job getting frustrated or angry
enough to quit his/her job. If everybody quits their
important jobs to do less important jobs, the country
might collapse and the country would be really poor.

4. What are peoples roles in
this system of governance?
Everyone has different jobs, according to their
skills. Everyone gets payed the same amount of
money. I think that people that work in important
jobs should get at least a little bit more money
than people who work in less important jobs. No
one can own his/her own company, because the
government owns everything. The governments
role is to keep everyone in order, and make up
new rules.

5. What are peoples rights in
this system of governance?
In Communist countries, the citizens have very little
rights (if any). They don’t get to go onto other countries
websites, they don’t get to speak freely, they don’t get
to own property, they don’t get to be religious, and
much more.

6. Sources
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/economics/
communism/
Prior Knowledge
http://people.howstuffworks.com/communism.htm
http://johnibii.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/people-
living-under-communism-very-limited-rights-if-any/