We reviewed the types of political/economical system of the ones we learned last week.
Communist Theory
- Where people of lower class will come together and take down the upper class. So society and people can do what they want, with no government telling them what to do.
- Karl Marx came up with this theory.
- They want equality
- No countries have used the communism theory.
Anarchy
- No government—potential chaos because of this
- There have never been any anarchy
- 2011 Belgium was closest to anarchy when government was not functional for 17 months
- Somalia—very little control over country, but there is a government
- No ruler
Direct Democracy
- Government is in power of the people’s hands rather than the representatives.
- Switzerland, Italy, US, Mexico
- Isn’t really a country with true direct democracy
Representative—electing people to make decisions for the people
Economic Systems
Capitalism
- Based on the thought that everyone has individual rights.
- People owned businesses
- US, Canada, Mexico, UK, Spain, 27 countries of the European Union, and most other countries are all capitalism
Political systems are government.
Vietnam, Laos, China, North Korea, and Cuba are the 5 countries that are communist. The Soviet Union used to be the "mother country" of communism.
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