Question

Engels describe some of the characteristics of a communist state. Which of the following states embraced these ideas following World War II?

“These measures will, of course, be different in different countries. Nevertheless, in most advanced countries, the following will be pretty generally applicable.

Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
Centralisation of credit in the hands of the state, by

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Engels describe some of the characteristics of a communist state. Which of the following states embraced these ideas following World War II?

“These measures will, of course, be different in different countries. Nevertheless, in most advanced countries, the following will be pretty generally applicable.

Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
Centralisation of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.” 1
1. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (Project Gutenberg eBook 61, January 25, 2005), accessed September 11, 2013, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/61/61.txt.

A. Palestine under Israeli rule
B. Japan under U.S. occupation
C. India under Indira Gandhi
D. China under Mao Zedong