Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism

            To learn about the three types of government capitalism, socialism, and communism we did an in class activity involving chocolate. In the first round each person in the class got three pieces of chocolate. Everyone but two, those to people got eight pieces of candy. Then, everyone got up and played rock, paper, scissors shoot. If you won you got one piece of chocolate from the loser of the match. If you ran out of candy to play with you had to sit down. At the end there was a lot of people with none and only a select few with more. The ones who had candy left were considered the bourgeoisie and the ones who lost were considered the proletariat. This demonstrated socialism. Next, we did a round two. The teacher took all the candy back and everyone started with three pieces. This demonstrated communism. We were then given the choice whether or not we wanted to participate in rock, paper, scissors shoot. Most people stayed seated not wanting to lose their chocolate again. The rest played with the same rules as the last round. The game was fun until you lost all of your candy and had to stop playing and watch others win. It was also frustrating at the end to have nothing and had to see the people next to you with a lot. This was also how tit was in real life. The poor would envy the rich because they got to live comfortably while the poor had to struggle to get by day to day.
            Two people wanted to help the poor but they thought of going about in two different ways. These two people were Marx and Smith. Marx's idea was communism. The ultimate goal for communism is to have a classless society. No government is needed with Marx's ways. While dealing with communism in our class activity we refused to play the game and agreed to share the candy equality. The teacher was no longer needed to supervise the candy distribution. A similar thing would happen in real life as well. The wealth would be spread equally and nobody would be higher or lower than one another on the social ladder. The poor benefited from this because they finally have enough money to live more easily. The rich opposed it because they wouldn't be rich anymore. People who inherited their money would have to start working for money but the people who worked hard for their money might also be unhappy because all their hard worked went to waste. To learn about Marx's background we watched a video in the beginning, here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16IMc5mhbZk&feature=youtu.be. Smith came up with a theory called the Invisible Hand. The Invisible Hand gave the people the option to control their own prices and have complete control over their own business. This theory was well liked among the rich because they didn't have to give up any of their money. It also helped the poor. This system offered free trade where the poor could purchase better quality goods for a cheaper price. Smith wasn't worried about the rich. His main goal was to give the poor more options with what to do with their money. For more information on the Invisible Hand go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulyVXa-u4wE&feature=youtu.be.
            I think both strategies will help improve the poor's living conditions. Even though they are different they both work towards the same goal. They both want to help the poor. Although, there is an alternate solution. This solution is called capitalism. Capitalism supported the idea that some people were rich, some people were poor, and the government has control. I think capitalism is the best choice because it creates a balance between rich, poor, and government. In the end there is no way to make everything 100% fair for everyone. Someone will always have more than other people. Whether it is money or food. This was the main problem and capitalism address it with a solution.