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Is Communism Dead? Question is Communism Dead or Alive?

Considering we currently still have five communist countries, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and beliefs. Communism or socialism is not dead at all. It comes in many shapes and sizes. From the one party ruled countries like China and Cuba (100% state dominated societies) to democratically elected coalition governments where liberals and/or socialists take seat in government. The big difference is that since the fall of the Soviet communism, the geo-political battleground changed from a struggle between two ideologies too one of control over strategic natural resources and media resources. If "made in China" is one of the most heard phrase in modern shopping, what is it trying to tell us. "We are only at the beginning of a period of major economic change and social turmoil (Priestland, 2017)."

References

Danziger, J. N. (2013), Understanding the political world: A Comparative Introduction to Political Science 11th Edition.

History of Communism. (n.d.).

Retrieved from Wikipedia website: History of communism

Priesland, D. (2017). What's left of communism.

Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/opinion/sunday/whats-left-of-communism.html

Rosenberg, M. (2018). A list of current communist countries in the world. Post-Soviet Communism Is on the Wane.

Retrieved from: https://www.thoughtco.com/communist-countries-overview-1435178