The Failure of CommunismThe Communist had a long history during the 20th century and Communism was very influential. Almost all of Asia and Eastern Europe became communist. From the beginning of this theory, many civil wars in Russia affected the whole world. Communism defined its idea in different ways, it helped many nations to come together to form a party and fight wars, but it also made many countries very poor and the economy of most countries was postponed for about 10 years. Communism is an economic and political system that sought to create an egalitarian society; it collapsed due to self-interest and government corruption. Communism was first discovered by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the second half of the 19th century. They met in 1844 and discovered that they had almost similar principles. So they wrote the book together around 1848, “The Communist Manifesto”. They felt that the reason workers' exploration took place was due to the social class system of capitalism. Marx was a German or a Jew who knew many things, he traveled to many different places and lived there. Special, he lived in France and Great Britain. During this period, he saw many political and liberal problems in his host countries. They do not have the right to own their properties. Communism first appeared in Russia and began to grow in the late 19th century. The Bolsheviks first seized power and through the revolution (a picture of their situation see appendix 3) of October 1917. It was the first time that a group of people fought wars from a perspective Marxist and managed to seize power. This provokes "a nation with a centuries-old reputation for servility and br...... middle of paper ......eroberts/cs201/projects/communism-computing-china/ (May 6, 2014). 8. Museum of Communism. “The History of Communism.” History of communism. http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/bcaplan/museum/history.htm (accessed May 6, 2014).9. Sweezy, Paul. “The principles of communism”. The principles of communism. http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm (May 6, 2014).10.Ward, Dana and Brian Baggins. “Communism and anarchy”. Communism and anarchy. http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/kropotkin-peter/1900s/01_07_x01.htm#produce (accessed May 6, 2014).11.Caplan, Bryan. "Communism." : The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Communism.html (accessed May 6, 2014).12. “Russian Revolution of 1917, communism, cold war”. Russian Revolution of 1917, Communism, Cold War. http://www.csun.edu/~kaddison/kraus.htm (accessed May 6, 2014).