Communism exercise influence during the twentieth century was primaraly associated in Russia, China and Mongolia. In the after math of World War II as Japan was defeated Russia was able to influence areas such as the northern part of Korea. This is one of the main reasons North Korea was established as a communist country. Russia being the larges country by size and China being the larges by population made it so almost one third of the world power were communist by the 1970s. Mongolia was another large proponent of communism.
Karl Marx was one of the people to establish communist social equality and social development. Some would argue Karl Marx was a philosopher but others will say he was a revolutionary. He analyzed the theory of the value of labor and service value. He felt that at some point ones labor is not worth the effort as others become wealthier and there for a communist state where everyone receives the same allotment would suit people best in the long run.
The communist experiment, which was committed to equality, abundance, and a humane socialism, generate failed economies and oppressive, brutal, and totalitarian regimes because it was not sustainable. It did not generate equality for everyone. It gave poor people, who were the majority, just enough to live and a fewer wealthier people more than there share. Inherently communism works for the leaders of government and the people in power. Marxist ideology spoke about equality however they had routinely exploited the poor laborers and women. Socially people were not equal. If you were a person of power, you had more rights and wealth and if not you had nothing to show for yourself nor did you have similar rights. This disparity is what caused many of the revolutions. By the 1970 many of the communist countries began to cease but it wasn’t until the 1990’s until the full light was shed on communism and what a failed government it could be for common people.
References:
Robert W. Strayer, Eric W. Nelson - Ways of the World_ A Brief Global History with Sources, Combined Volume (2015, Bedford_St. Martin’s) - libgen.lc.pdf
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/marx/
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