Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Meji Restoration of Japan

Japan is a country in which they believed they did not need anyones help. There beliefs were strong and they held their lineage for a very long time. After they stoped the catholic belief, they closed the door for visitors. On the next 250 years they enjoyed living in peace, prosperity and the advancement of art.
The isolation of Japan brought upon them to an understand of how much they have missed out. When the industrial revolution hit Europe and the Americas, everyone was informed and started creating new things. Although this was expanding on the west Japan was left behind.
Brought upon Japan, by the wars between Great Britian and China, was a great interset on them. The Americans marked Japan as a reloading station. They could refresh, get water, food and coal.
The Samuria's class, in Japan, became aware of foreign military. They also showed a great interset on the ships that the Americans were using. When Matthew Perry came along to basic "ask" them permission to refresh, they were astomish by the wooden, steam powered engine boats. Something they found quite interseting, but also they say there rifles. Thats when they noticed they were way behind.
Pior to the "negotiation'' of Japan and The United States, they were afriad, Japan, because of massive weapons. Of course americans took advantage and scared them so they can let them use there ports. It worked and soon enough there were many travelors, and Japan started industrailizing themselves. They copied there ships and made them better, till now, Japan is a very advance area.


Friday, November 16, 2007

Karl Marx and Communism


Karl Marx was a philospher, born in Germany. His works consisted with Communisim. His famous work was "Communist Manifesto," or "Workers of the World, Unite!." They both made principles about communism. They talked about owners of capital and the workers. He believed that there was moments in which there would be Bloody revolutions and classless society.
Karl Marx worte about different disciplines- economics, sociology, political science, history, etc. Marx wrote "no more than a dozen pages on the concept of social class, the theory of the state, and the materialist conception of history." Marx did many volumes about communism, he wrote a wide dept about the process of Capital. His analysis on the capitalism was greatly accomplished. Marx had twenty years of scholarship that lead to the spread of thoughts to the world. He actually managed to change many aspects of the world, such as decreasing rate profit,and increasing concentration of wealth. Marx handled the comcept of socialism and communism "superficially." His ability to speculate about the two economic system would operate.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx was a very intelligant man. He lived during the industrial revolution, he believed that the "modren" world was seprated in 2 class. These classes competeed against each other but one thing is sure is that the poor will remain poor and the rich got richer. This was because Bourgeoisie, were the class of people that owned productions, and sold, the whole deal. Then there was the workers who were known as Proletariat. The work long hours punching the clock every day. The proletariats were like prostitute, they worked for any bourgeoise who piad them more money. The thoughts that came to Marx mind was that the were "doomed'' because there going to work all there life and not get successful. Instead they would get poor.
Marx had many beliefs about the industrail revolution. He believed that the industrail revolution was dehumanizing workers, because they were becoming more "Appendage to a machine." Marx also believed that the large companies take over companies, especailly the smaller ones. In Marx eyes he saw the industrail revolution and the Capitalism system as a none progressing system. To his beliefs he predicted that due to the many workers that one they the workers were going to out run the owners. They were going to have protest and in fact this became true.
This was when communism was formed. These people believed that everyone should get paid the same amount of money, only what is needed should be produced, everyone should get treated equal, and the end to social classes. Every business woulod be owned by the goverment.
Communism traveled as far as Russia. Marx was very inspiring to people, to try new things. Although communism was proven less affected than capitalism, there is still communist in many countrys today, such as Cuba, China, etc.