Communism and Socialism

In class, we did an activity with Hershey Kisses and rock papers scissors. The purpose of this lesson was to show how the government worked in that time.If you won the game then you got one of the other persons Hershey Kisses but if you lost you had to give one to the person you lost to. I thought the activity was fun but that was because I kept winning rock paper scissors and getting more chocolate.I can see why it could've been frustrating thought because if you kept loosing then you would eventually loose all your candy and you couldn't continue in the game anymore.


Karl Marx and Adam Smith both wanted to help the poor but they both had different theories of doing it. Karl Marx wanted everyone to be equal. He wanted everyone to have the same amount of money, the same amount of things, the same amount of everything. He believed in communism which meant that everyone had the same things and no one was rich or poor and the government took control. Adam Smith was also very concerned about the poor. However, he thought that if the government stayed out of it, people will be able to sell and trade freely and it'll be more beneficial for everyone. His theory was called the invisible hand which supported socialism. Karl Marx believed in a Utopian society and Adam Smith believed in everyone being able to do their own thing.

In my opinion, I think that the invisible hand is the best theory. It's a better way to help the poor then to take things away from the rich when that's not fair to them. This way the poor can make more money on their own. I don't think that socialism is a good theory because there's no possible way to make a Utopian society work. You can't force people to all live the same way. I don't think there's a third alternate. I honestly think that the invisible hand is the best way to help the poor and the society in general.