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This 8 page paper examines both closed and open societies. Examples are provided. The concepts are discussed ideologically. Communism is the model used to discuss an example of a closed society. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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how he could make things better. Through the years, there have been systems which were implemented such as feudalism and in most societies, even indigenous ones, there are hierarchical structures.
During the nineteenth century, Karl Marx and his cohort Friedrich Engels would write a revolutionary book entitled The Communist Manifesto. In it, they introduced the theory of communism. Ideally, communism
would create a situation where the wealth would be shared. Unlike the communist systems that were implemented, and the few governments that remain, Marx and Engels plan did not have
a despot at the top. The goods would trickle down, not rise up to the higher echelons as the moneys do in corporations. Rather, the people would work and enjoy
what they were doing. They would not be alienated--a problem with capitalism--as they would not be controlled by capitalist business owners. Rather, they would be able to work, enjoy their
lives, get material goods and be rather on an even level with others in society. Essentially, this plan was designed to close the gap between the "haves" and the "have
nots." It would liberate everyone from social stratification and the division between people would cease. That is why one might call it a utopia. Everything would be better. People would
be happy. Of course, most people today do not support the communism ideal. They have seen it work --or more accurately, not work -- in absurd ways, and they do
not believe that the system would be fruitful anyway because it impinges on personal freedom. Hence, communism is a system that is immoral in a way. Gensler (1998), when writing
about another, says: " I agree with his stress on moral freedom and his rejection of cultural relativism (and of any other view that denies our moral freedom)" (p.24). To
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