Political ideologies

Question 0

What is capitalism and what are its goals?

Answer 0

• factors of production: we need things to produce goods.
• people want to make profit
• best ones are rewarded
• rich ppl become richer, poor become poorer
• hard work is rewarded

Question 1

What changed?

Answer 1

• wealthier people
• population growth
• imperialism
• a lot of people, less jobs
• nationalism
• extreme poverty
• economics is born

Question 2

Problems of capitalism

Answer 2

• few ppl become richer, many ppl become poorer
• poor people are needed
• exploitation of resources and ppl
• minimum wage doesn’t exist

Question 3

Reaction to capitalism

Answer 3

• money should be spread
• rights for workers
• government intervention
• women wanted equal pay

Question 4

Utilitarianism

Answer 4

• ideas have to be useful
• government should make decisions that benefit most of society
• personal liberty
• laws to protect workers
• women’s rights and vote
• promoted education

Question 5

Socialism

Answer 5

• goal was social justice
• radicals: no private property, to money
• marx

Question 6

Marx

Answer 6

• german journalist
• haves: own the resources (bourgeoisie) have nots: poor workers (proletariat)
• wanted revolution to establish a workers dictatorship
• workers should unite

Question 7

The Communist Manifesto

Answer 7

• group of radical workers the communist league asked marx ro write it.
• the failure of the 1848 revolutions encouraged marx to rewrite it