HazelWorldHistory

The world economy started to change after WWII. World trade and consumerism started to become more than just a country thing, but instead something everyone can take part in. Markets and stores started popping up everywhere. Stores now had items from all over the world. The use of outsourcing started to become more popular. The introduction of credit cards became more and more of the norm. It is hard to even imagine a time before credit cards existed, which is sad, because so many people are no in debt. We have become a society of instant gratification and spending more than we actually have. Companies also learned to maximize profits and work around laws, often by outsourcing jobs and placing factories in places to avoid tax fees. With the movement of product so did the movement of people. Migration occurred amongst different groups and for different reasons, which included moving the industrial areas to work and sadly many women forced into sex labor. The widening gap between ...

As time progressed, the realization that territories and "nations" had a right to be independent of their colonizers. Country by country, did they start to claim their right to be recognized as their own. The more and more progress these colonizers made, they more they realized how contradictory their actions were. I mean think about a country fighting for more rights, but subjecting another country to harsh conditions and unequal rights? The irony right. This was opposite of what values Europeans practiced and preached to their people. But not only that-- Europe was weakened after the war, and it was a rude awakening for them to realize that they were not as powerful as they once were. Nations started to get together and actually combat colonial ways. This also led to the decline and elimination of colonies and "empires" over other places. People started to get smart and was no longer going to stand for this unfairness. Not every country go to freedom quietly. ...

I never really knew how big Marx was in influencing a communist movement. I knew about China and Russia, but there were many other countries that truly believed in Marxist theories. We often hear about countries who believe in communism, but to learn how about Russia's Revolution is quite interesting. Lower class people were tired of being stepped over and the country being ran by the elites. Grassroots organizations were against private property or situations where only the rich profited while the rest suffered. We often hear bad things about communism, but Russia was moving towards a revised way of Marxist theory. More fair and equal. To be honest, I know about communism but not enough to actually understand its deep concepts. While Russia seemed to know how to revolutionize their country, China took awhile before change occurred. Communism in China relied heavily on its peasants, but many were hesitant to go up against the upper crust. Women were drawn to this revolution by a ...