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Grade A* level 5 answer to a Government and Politics paper 1 question 3.
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To what extent is socialism more disunited than united?
It must be said that while there is some unity throughout the socialist ideologies
concepts, it is made evident that there is more disunity that rips apart these socialist
thinkers' way of agreement. All socialist agreeably common humanity as a naturally
positive and selfless concept that only have strayed from this idea when capitalism and
other factors impact it negatively. However, this statement is agreeable in staying there
is a larger extent of disunity than unity in socialism when we look at these socialist
thinkers' attitude towards the economy and their approach on what to do with the
state, presenting us with evidences as to how this disunity conquers any progress made
in terms of being a united front when it comes to socialism.
Socialism is more disunited than united to an extreme extent however this isn't alway
the case when it is made clear that all socialist are all united in their positive views on
human nature, the majority of thinkers disagree on how to actually achieve equality
along with the goal all socialists want, therefore making them ,to a extensive degree,
more disunited. All socialists hold the common view of a positive human nature,
surrounding itself on the care of each other's well being and being selfless in society.
For example Marx and Engels, two revolutionary socialists, based their view of human
nature on altruism and that naturally humans focus on others' concerns, equality and
their effort to work together. Similarly, Third-way socialist, Anthony Giddens also
agreed with this belief that human nature is naturally based on looking out for one
another with a goal of social togetherness. Looking at it this way all socialists are united
on their views of human nature even with Rosa Luxemburg, a revolutionary socialist,
agreeing with the united view on human nature despite the negative impacts it has
faced when dealing with a capitalist system, seeing how it remains self-sacrificing and
positive. However, while it is agreed that this socialist view’s unity should not be under
appreciated, it is only one agreement amongst the list of tensions and differences that
does not convincingly show us that socialism is really that united. Leaving us to the
believe that there is a larger extent of disunity that unity
This idea of socialism being fundamentally disunited is displayed when we look at each
thinker's approach towards the state. For example revolutionary socialist’s Karl Marx
and Friedrich Engels approach towards what to do with the state was to see that
capitalism was destroyed wanting to replace it with a ‘temporary’ dictatorship that
would provide a more collective way of helping its society. And while some may argue
there is evidence of unity when we look at Rosa Luxemburg's views as she to also
wanted the destruction of capitalism, we can still see the obvious disunited when we
learn that instead of replacing capitalism with a dictatorship she saw that a democracy
would be best instead which still inevitably highlights their disunity in their approach
towards the state. Disunity is further presented when Third-way socialist thinker
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