Why Did Stalin Deal With Big Government
It goes without saying that the most efficient way deal with poverty is to create more jobs and reduce the rate of unemployment. Society should help fight poverty with a big government because big governments can help people in absolute poverty and it can help create jobs. History has already given us examples of how big governments have dealt with absolute poverty. In this case Hitler and Stalin come to mind, both Hitler and Stalin have helped their countries get out poverty. After Germany lost the first World War 1914-18, then were given a treaty from the winning allies, France, United Kingdom and the United States called the ‘Treaty of Versailles’. This Treaty forced Germany to accept full responsibility for causing the World World I.
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As we have seen, both Hitler and Stalin have indeed helped their country’s economy grow, however, they left no choice to the people. Both politicians sent whoever refused the job offering to concentration camps. The people have no say in government like these. Both Hitler and Stalin have a totalitarian system, which means they have full control over everything the country does, anybody who doesn’t agree with them disappears and is never heard of again. In Nazi Germany, Hitler claimed that the unemployment rate went down 5 698 000. However we have to keep in mind that Hitler was a dictator and could say anything he wanted to make himself seem great. This could have been propaganda. A great example of this is with the first five year plan. Stalin told the people of the USSR that the five year plan was a great success when in reality, it wasn’t. It did create many jobs and reduce the unemployment rate, but it failed to successfully ‘catch-up’ to the western world. In Nazi Germany, it is important to keep in mind that Hitler did not count the jews as citizens of the country, as a result they were not categorized as employed or unemployment. Women were also discouraged from working, Hitler believed that women belonged at home cooking, cleaning, and taking care of their children (the three k’s (“Kirche, Küche, Kinder” (church, kitchen, children)
As we have seen, both Hitler and Stalin have indeed helped their country’s economy grow, however, they left no choice to the people. Both politicians sent whoever refused the job offering to concentration camps. The people have no say in government like these. Both Hitler and Stalin have a totalitarian system, which means they have full control over everything the country does, anybody who doesn’t agree with them disappears and is never heard of again. In Nazi Germany, Hitler claimed that the unemployment rate went down 5 698 000. However we have to keep in mind that Hitler was a dictator and could say anything he wanted to make himself seem great. This could have been propaganda. A great example of this is with the first five year plan. Stalin told the people of the USSR that the five year plan was a great success when in reality, it wasn’t. It did create many jobs and reduce the unemployment rate, but it failed to successfully ‘catch-up’ to the western world. In Nazi Germany, it is important to keep in mind that Hitler did not count the jews as citizens of the country, as a result they were not categorized as employed or unemployment. Women were also discouraged from working, Hitler believed that women belonged at home cooking, cleaning, and taking care of their children (the three k’s (“Kirche, Küche, Kinder” (church, kitchen, children)