Imagine that you live on a street with twenty houses. In this neighborhood, the homes are identical, the furnishings are similar, and most families drive similar cars. This social and political ideology is known as communism. Everyone is equal and property is communal (meaning shared). Let's see how this ideology spread to China and Korea during the 20th century.

Source: Row of Houses Row of Cars - geograph.org.uk – 196444, Michael Patterson, Wikimedia

Let's review what communism is. Karl Marx is known as being one of the founders of modern communism. Born and educated in Germany, he was largely influenced by Friedrich Engels, the father of communist theory.

Communism is a social and economic ideology which stresses that everyone should be equal in a classless society and that workers must unite, revolt, and play a large role in a workers' democracy.

In your notes, answer the following question: How does this idea of Marx's communism differ from society in the United States today?