The Five Year plan seemed it would helpful in many ways. Especially because Stalin had a strategic way to pitch this idea. His ideas of capitalism might have seemed to benefit society. It seemed that early society at the time were not aware of the dangers that capitalism were going to bring. Although there are a dew benefits to capitalism, it drives society to be money hungry and competitive. When these two things are combined, corruption could easily happen. With the existence of the divided peasants, being forced to work a job sounds all too familiar for this generation. A society where the poor has a poor quality of life due to the demanding means of production seems like something history and the present shares. Those living in a capitalist society do not only comply to the manipulation of advertisement but to the big industries who negatively affect the lives of many. In many cases today, the job industry seems to be corrupt and focused on producing quickly and efficiently rather than ethically. In the case of the article "Red Bread" by Maurice Hindus, it references a kulak that explains how the new capitalist government is ripping families apart because work and production has consumed their lives. The change in attitude and sense of morality was noticed by some kulaks however which caused them to defy capitalist ideas. In the article "Nadya Speaks", it is evident that communist leaders try to advertise and convince peasants to join the Kulaks. During this process, they use a manipulative advertisement technique that makes the listener seem like they are being left out of society if they do not comply to the capitalist ideas that everyone else seems to be doing. In today's society, this is strategy is most used on television commercials and in social media.
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