Communism vs. Socialism Communism and Socialism both started out as “Industrial Revolution Ideas” that turned into political views. In society many people believe it’s the same idea, but it’s not they are very different. It’s a revolution, no more private property, equality, but both in there ways. Socialism revolves by the fact that the government is a representation of the people, and big companies are public, so directly the company is owned by the government. Socialism can be credited to many people, but one of the most important ones is Robert Owen.
3. Traditionally, the Conservative party was the party of the higher classes, the gentry and the business owners, whereas the Labour party represented the working class, socialism and the redistribution of wealth. Despite the parties working together to rebuild the country after the war, they have been opposed to each other ideologically. However, as social classes have become less distinct and the decline of the growth of the manufacturing and service industries, it has become increasingly difficult to classify people, meaning that it has become less obvious who which party is representing. Nowadays both Labour and Conservative claim to represent people from the whole of society and moved further to the centre and policies have gradually become more similar.
Government played a minor role and cities did not offer public relief. Thinkers believed poor people should work hard to improve their own personal economy and not get government or anyone’s help. This would make America stronger. Freedom was defined as no government interference in the business of business. The economy would be ruled by natural laws of “survival of the fittest” and “supply and demand.” These ideas favored captains of industries like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller.
People believe this is down to the party’s history; the Labour Party originated from the trade union movement at the turn of the 20th century and originally had a chairman of the Labour MPs in the House of Commons, but no leader. A bad experience of excessive leadership power in 1931 made the party members reluctant to recognise the supremacy of the leader over the labour movement. Labour has always wanted to ensure that the leader is accountable which has led to restrictions on the power of the leader after the 1918 constitution. For example, when in opposition, leaders must work with a shadow cabinet and the membership of which has to have been elected by MPs. This argument shows that the leader of the Labour Party may have restrictions on his or her powers when in opposition as they are made to work with a shadow cabinet hence delegating power.
This cartoon is a prime example of what happens when a trickle-down economy fails to work. Trickle-down economics is anti-liberal as it is a form of government intervention in the economy. As the government tax the wealthy less they provide no benefit for the country, they are only widening the gap between the rich and the poor. By widening the gap they are restricting the political and economic freedom of the citizens. This restriction on the citizens goes against two of the three freedoms (social, economic, political) classical liberalism was founded on.
To what extent is there a consensus between the Labour Party and the Conservative Party? Taxation Traditionally, it would appear that adversarial politics occurred between the Labour Party and Conservative Party in terms of taxation. Traditional Conservatives believed in low taxation, as they agreed with the notion that low taxation was an incentive to make people work harder. In contrast, Labour believed in higher rates of tax for those who earned higher wages, as this would achieve the redistribution of wealth and pursued Labour’s desire of economic equality. More recently however, it can be seen that there has been slightly more consensus between the two parties in terms of taxation.
This is why I have decided that when I move to Grande Brittney, I will vote for the Rory Party in elections. The Rory Party is a center-right party and generally doesn’t talk about social issues other than that of fighting crime, which is very important to me. The Worker party, the other main political party in Grande Brittney, is a center-left party, and very individualist on social issues. The Worker party cares more about welfare spending than does the Rory Party. I would choose the Rory Party because they are the closest equivalents to the Republican Party in the United States and they stress tax cuts for the rich and more privatization of social services.
Politically, conversatism consisted of the hereditary monarchy, a democracy that was rejected, and political decisions made by the monarch and his personal advisors. Liberalism favored the governments that were based on constitutions and separation of powers. It was a supporter of a republican government, or a constitutional monarchy where the ruler is elected by the people. Socially, conservatism wanted social order, much like the Three Estates System, while liberalism defended the natural rights of all people to liberty, equality, and property. The Industrial Revolution was rejected by the conservatives because it brought more power to the bourgeoisie, who owned the means of production, while it weakened the nobles.
A final less important reason was that the Lords believed that it was the fault of the poor that they were destitute in the first place. They believed there was no reason why they should be let off more lightly and have to pay less taxes when it was their own fault for being in that position in the first place. They argued there were other ways to raise money that wouldn’t affect the rich as much, such as through tariffs on foreign
Compassionate reasons where one of the underlying reasons many historians argue upon the realise of the report on poverty from booth and rowntree in their study of the English town York , a town not normally associated with extreme poverty they found 29% of the population were well below the poverty line. Another reason was the very real fear workers were discouraged by the poor conditions and governments and may later turn against the government and form mass strikes or in serious cases rebellion or join the communist groups within Britain. Political self interest was high on the liberal’s agenda many historians argue. The franchise was being extended to the average man slowly and the liberals realised the average man did not benefit much from the government’s approach to peoples life’s and with the rise of the labour party and other parties many historians argue that it was out of desire to be re-elected that the liberals slowly brought about this change in reform. They didn’t get a majority government in 1910 like they did in 1906 which led them to think that social reform was the way to gain votes.