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Communism In Laos

Historical, Political and Economic Laos:

Economic

  • Laos' economic freedom score went down.
  • Their global ranking is 155.
  • The reason for their downfall is corruption, property rights and investment freedom
  • Their tax rates are 24%
  • Their business freedom in 2016 is 49.8%

Political:

  • Some of the Lao politicians have bribed people to get elected.
  • Majority of the money goes to the President after being elected.
  • Elections usually have dishonest voting.

Historical:

  • Laos used to be a Monarchy.
  • Laos was The Powerful Kingdom of Lan Xang.
  • The kingdom was founded in the fourteenth century.
  • During World War II the French conquered Laos
  • since then Laos has been a communist country.

My "Ism":

Laws and Voting in Laos

  • My Ism is communism.
  • An example of communism today is Laos.
  • Karl Marx started the theory of communism.
  • He created this idea in 1848.
  • There are only 5 communist countries in the world.

Is this better or worse than a democracy?

  • A leader in Laos remains for 5 years.
  • You need to be eighteen years old to vote.
  • You need to be a Laotian to vote.
  • For laws to be passed, the President writes the laws then they have to be approved by higher branches
  • There are legislative elections held every 5 years
  • There is a 61 member Central Committee and an 11 member politburo that make all the major decisions.

Karl Marx

  • In a communist country, everyone is treated fair and healthcare is provided. But in a democracy, you have people higher than you, and you need to take care of yourself.
  • In a democracy people get to vote for who they want, but they will still not have all rights. In a communist country, people are considered as equal, there is no upper class or lower.
  • All people have the same rights, same health care and insurance.
  • In a communist country the government owns businesses, so the society will stay equal and so will their income, they will get what they work for. And in all, they will all be equal and there will eventually be no need for any government.

The Laotian Government:

How this Ism is practiced differently to how its theorized.

Is this better or worse than a dictatorship?

  • The current leader of Laos is Bounnhang Vorachith
  • He became president by election.
  • Only Laotian people are allowed to vote, and they have to be at least eighteen years of age.
  • Laos used to be ruled by a king, but then in 1975, communists took over and changed the system.
  • Back then, many countries were communist countries, but now most of them have changed to democracy
  • Today, in Laos, the government tries to control all activity and doesn't allow private businesses.
  • The communist theory is "A way of organization a government chooses in which they own property and business."
  • There is not much private property in Laos.
  • Most of the time, voting is unfair because there is a lot of corruption and bribery. People get paid to vote for certain leaders and they can also get death threats if they don't.
  • Keeping private property costs a lot of money, as the government keeps most of the money that comes from "their" businesses.
  • Since Laos is one of the poorest countries in Asia, not much action is taken to this corruption.
  • And over all, the politicians keep the money and stay on the top.
  • In a dictatorship there is only one ruler and he/she isn't elected, they have either taken over or put in place to rule.
  • But, in a communist country, that person is elected and chosen by the citizens.
  • In a dictatorship they can force someone into doing something as in a communist country, they have rights and laws.
  • In a dictatorship they can hit, kill etc. but in a communist country they can't without a reason or without law.
  • Overall a communist country is better because they have fair laws and don't have unfair rulers sitting at the top.

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