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The [[Bourgeoisie|ruling class]] which owns the [[corporate media]] regularly demonize the notions of [[socialism]] and [[communism]] to serve their own profit-seeking interests. They promote the idea that "socialism has failed everywhere it's been tried." (without mentioning the fact that these failures are oftentimes brought about through CIA coups) | The [[Bourgeoisie|ruling class]] which owns the [[corporate media]] regularly demonize the notions of [[socialism]] and [[communism]] to serve their own profit-seeking interests. They promote the idea that "socialism has failed everywhere it's been tried." (without mentioning the fact that these failures are oftentimes brought about through [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] coups) | ||
In addition to raising the basic living conditions of citizens<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Marcida Dodson|date=1986-06-07|title=Quality of Life Higher in Socialist Nations, Study Says|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-07-me-10010-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|journalist=[[Hakim]]|date=2021-09-22|title=Socialism is just better, scientifically|url=https://youtu.be/FEHYeeRCtVI}}</ref> | In addition to raising the basic living conditions of citizens,<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Marcida Dodson|date=1986-06-07|title=Quality of Life Higher in Socialist Nations, Study Says|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-07-me-10010-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|journalist=[[Hakim]]|date=2021-09-22|title=Socialism is just better, scientifically|url=https://youtu.be/FEHYeeRCtVI}}</ref> socialist states have also produced valuable advances in the fields of science and technology, debunking the false claims that socialism cannot produce innovation. | ||
== USSR == | == USSR == | ||
The broad masses of pre-revolutionary Russia were deeply poor and lacked basic necessities, while only the upper class had access to education and healthcare.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Commiedad|date=2016-11-25|title=The Successes of Socialism in the USSR|url=https://writetorebel.com/2016/11/25/the-successes-of-socialism-in-the-ussr/|newspaper=Write to Rebel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://writetorebel.com/2016/11/25/the-successes-of-socialism-in-the-ussr/|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> | The broad masses of pre-revolutionary [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)|Russia]] were deeply poor and lacked basic necessities, while only the upper class had access to education and healthcare.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Commiedad|date=2016-11-25|title=The Successes of Socialism in the USSR|url=https://writetorebel.com/2016/11/25/the-successes-of-socialism-in-the-ussr/|newspaper=Write to Rebel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://writetorebel.com/2016/11/25/the-successes-of-socialism-in-the-ussr/|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> | ||
Following the establishment of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|USSR]], the following rights were introduced to all citizens: | Following the establishment of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|USSR]], the following rights were introduced to all citizens: | ||
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* First spacecraft landing on Mars - [[Mars 3]] | * First spacecraft landing on Mars - [[Mars 3]] | ||
=== Notable | === Notable technologies invented === | ||
The following are technologies not already listed in the space race section above | The following are technologies not already listed in the space race section above | ||
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* Human anthrax vaccine in 1930, predated by a French invention of an anthrax vaccine for animals.<ref name=":0" /> | * Human anthrax vaccine in 1930, predated by a French invention of an anthrax vaccine for animals.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
* Artificial heart in 1937<ref name=":0" /> | * Artificial heart in 1937<ref name=":0" /> | ||
* Mobile phone in 1957 (20 years before Motorola, the first non- | * Mobile phone in 1957 (20 years before Motorola, the first non-Soviet mobile phone producer)<ref name=":0" /> | ||
== China == | == China == | ||
At the beginning of the 20th century, China was deeply impoverished due to external colonization and internal feudal relations which held back economic development. During this period, China was referred to as the "sick man of Asia" | At the beginning of the 20th century, [[Qing dynasty (1636–1912)|China]] was deeply impoverished due to external colonization and internal [[Feudalism|feudal]] relations which held back economic development. During this period, China was referred to as the "sick man of Asia." | ||
When the [[Communist Party of China]] came to power in 1949, its leaders' fundamental long-range goals were to transform China into a modern, powerful, [[socialist]] nation. In economic terms these objectives meant [[industrialization]], improvement of [[Living standard|living standards]], narrowing of [[Income inequality metrics|income differences]], and production of modern [[military equipment]]. The immense economic rise of China in the 21st century is, according to the [[Communist Party of China]], the result of the application of Marxist theory to the material conditions of China. | When the [[Communist Party of China]] came to power in 1949, its leaders' fundamental long-range goals were to transform China into a modern, powerful, [[socialist]] nation. In economic terms these objectives meant [[industrialization]], improvement of [[Living standard|living standards]], narrowing of [[Income inequality metrics|income differences]], and production of modern [[military equipment]]. The immense economic rise of China in the 21st century is, according to the [[Communist Party of China]], the result of the application of Marxist theory to the material conditions of China. | ||
At the time of the [[Chinese revolution]], a fifth of land was devoted to opium production. The CPC eliminated drug addiction within two years of coming to power.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=[[Harpal Brar]]|newspaper=[[Proletarian (newspaper)|Proletarian]]|title=Greetings to the Communist Party of China on its 100th anniversary|date=2021-06-30|url=https://thecommunists.org/2021/06/30/news/harpal-brar-communist-party-china-100th-anniversary/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529123605/https://thecommunists.org/2021/06/30/news/harpal-brar-communist-party-china-100th-anniversary/|archive-date=2022-05-29|retrieved=2022-12-04}}</ref> | |||
=== End of warlordism === | |||
By 1952, the CPC cleared mainland China of bandits and warlords.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
=== Economic development === | |||
Between 1950 and 1952, agricultural production increased by 15% and the economy grew by an average of 25% every year. Heavy industry increased by 30 times between 1952 and 1979. Rural consumption of electricity increased by 71 times up to 1965. Since 1978, the Chinese economy has grown an additional 37 times.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
== Latin America == | == Latin America == | ||
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=== Cuba === | === Cuba === | ||
* Despite the US blockade, Cuba is still able to boast having the highest quality healthcare system for its national income range.<ref>Mostly Anti-Cuba article that is forced to report cold hard facts: [https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/11/cuba-health/508859/ How Cubans Live as Long as Americans at a Tenth of the Cost] by [[The Atlantic]]</ref> | * Despite the [[United States embargo against Cuba|US blockade]], [[Republic of Cuba|Cuba]] is still able to boast having the highest quality healthcare system for its national income range.<ref>Mostly Anti-Cuba article that is forced to report cold hard facts: [https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/11/cuba-health/508859/ How Cubans Live as Long as Americans at a Tenth of the Cost] by [[The Atlantic]]</ref> | ||
* Cuba has a far higher standard of living than most of its neighbors, according to the very CIA which has plotted to destroy the communist Cuban government countless times.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Ben Cohen|date=2018-10-09|title=Cuba and the Success of Socialism|url=https://thedailybanter.com/2010/10/01/cuba-and-the-success-of-socialism/|newspaper=The Daily Banter|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> | * Cuba has a far higher standard of living than most of its neighbors, according to the very CIA which has plotted to destroy the communist Cuban government countless times.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Ben Cohen|date=2018-10-09|title=Cuba and the Success of Socialism|url=https://thedailybanter.com/2010/10/01/cuba-and-the-success-of-socialism/|newspaper=The Daily Banter|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 23:13, 4 December 2022
The ruling class which owns the corporate media regularly demonize the notions of socialism and communism to serve their own profit-seeking interests. They promote the idea that "socialism has failed everywhere it's been tried." (without mentioning the fact that these failures are oftentimes brought about through CIA coups)
In addition to raising the basic living conditions of citizens,[1][2] socialist states have also produced valuable advances in the fields of science and technology, debunking the false claims that socialism cannot produce innovation.
USSR
The broad masses of pre-revolutionary Russia were deeply poor and lacked basic necessities, while only the upper class had access to education and healthcare.[3]
Following the establishment of the USSR, the following rights were introduced to all citizens:
- The right to eight-hour work day.
- The right to annual paid leave.
- The right to three-year maternity leave.
- The right to free general and professional education, including higher education.
- The right to free health care.
- The right to use nurseries, kindergartens, summer camps — free of charge.
- The right to free sanatorium-and-spa treatment.
- The right to free housing.
- Equal rights for women.
Many of these rights forced Western bourgeois countries to adopt similar policies, to stave off the risk of a proletarian revolution.
Space Race
During the Space Race between the two cold war superpowers, the USSR and the USA, the USSR achieved many great leaps before the US did.
- First artificial satellite - Sputnik 1
- First animal in space - Laika
- First photographs of the far side of the moon - Luna 3
- First person in space - Yuri Gagarin
- First woman in space - Valentina Tereshkova
- First spacewalk - Alexei Leonov
- First spacecraft landing on the moon - Luna 9
- First spacecraft landing on another planet (Venus) - Venera 7
- First space station - Salyut 1
- First spacecraft landing on Mars - Mars 3
Notable technologies invented
The following are technologies not already listed in the space race section above
China
At the beginning of the 20th century, China was deeply impoverished due to external colonization and internal feudal relations which held back economic development. During this period, China was referred to as the "sick man of Asia."
When the Communist Party of China came to power in 1949, its leaders' fundamental long-range goals were to transform China into a modern, powerful, socialist nation. In economic terms these objectives meant industrialization, improvement of living standards, narrowing of income differences, and production of modern military equipment. The immense economic rise of China in the 21st century is, according to the Communist Party of China, the result of the application of Marxist theory to the material conditions of China.
At the time of the Chinese revolution, a fifth of land was devoted to opium production. The CPC eliminated drug addiction within two years of coming to power.[5]
End of warlordism
By 1952, the CPC cleared mainland China of bandits and warlords.[5]
Economic development
Between 1950 and 1952, agricultural production increased by 15% and the economy grew by an average of 25% every year. Heavy industry increased by 30 times between 1952 and 1979. Rural consumption of electricity increased by 71 times up to 1965. Since 1978, the Chinese economy has grown an additional 37 times.[5]
Latin America
Nicaragua
- Nicaragua, under the socialist Sandinista government, has diversified away from colonial-era cash crops and monocultures, delivered sustained economic growth, poverty alleviation.[6]
Cuba
- Despite the US blockade, Cuba is still able to boast having the highest quality healthcare system for its national income range.[7]
- Cuba has a far higher standard of living than most of its neighbors, according to the very CIA which has plotted to destroy the communist Cuban government countless times.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ Marcida Dodson (1986-06-07). "Quality of Life Higher in Socialist Nations, Study Says" Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Hakim (2021-09-22). "Socialism is just better, scientifically"
- ↑ Commiedad (2016-11-25). "The Successes of Socialism in the USSR" Write to Rebel. Archived from the original.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 10 Greastest Inventions Made By The Soviet Union
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Harpal Brar (2021-06-30). "Greetings to the Communist Party of China on its 100th anniversary" Proletarian. Archived from the original on 2022-05-29. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ↑ Nicaraguan Sandinista Economic Model Consolidates Its Success by TeleSur
- ↑ Mostly Anti-Cuba article that is forced to report cold hard facts: How Cubans Live as Long as Americans at a Tenth of the Cost by The Atlantic
- ↑ Ben Cohen (2018-10-09). "Cuba and the Success of Socialism" The Daily Banter.