what does communism mean?

Answer 1

Communism is a social program or a form of government wherein the populace owns nothing. Everything is owned collectively by the masses (including food) and the needs of the masses are valued above individualism. In fact, individualism and free thought are usually repressed because it is divisive to group control.

Answer 2

Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a future classless, stateless social organization, based upon common ownership of the means of production and the absence of private property. It can be classified as a branch of the broader socialist movement. Communism also refers to a variety of political movements which claim the establishment of such a social organization as their ultimate goal.

Early forms of human social organization have been described as 'primitive communism' by Marxists. However, communism as a political goal generally is a conjectured form of future social organization. There is a considerable variety of views among self-identified communists, including Maoism, Trotskyism, council communism, Luxemburgism, anarchist communism, Christian communism, and various currents of left communism, which are generally the more widespread varieties. However, various offshoots of the Soviet (what critics call the 'Stalinist') and Maoist interpretations of Marxism-Leninism comprise a particular branch of communism that has the distinction of having been the primary driving force for communism in world politics during most of the 20th century. The competing branch of Trotskyism has not had such a distinction.

Karl Marx held that society could not be transformed from the capitalist mode of production to the communist mode of production all at once, but required a state transitional period which Marx described as the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat. The communist society Marx envisioned emerging from capitalism has never been implemented, and it remains theoretical; Marx in fact commented very little on what Communist society would actually look like. However, the term 'Communism', especially when the word is capitalized, is often used to refer to the political and economic regimes under communist parties which claimed to embody the dictatorship of the proletariat.

In the late 19th century, Marxist theories motivated socialist parties across Europe, although their policies later developed along the lines of "reforming" capitalism, rather than overthrowing it. The exception was the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. One branch of this party, commonly known as the Bolsheviks and headed by Vladimir Lenin, succeeded in taking control of the country after the toppling of the Provisional Government in the Russian Revolution of 1917. In 1918, this party changed its name to the Communist Party, thus establishing the contemporary distinction between communism and other trends of socialism.

Answer 3

Communism is a form of economy which is in direct opposition to a free market society: everyone gets equal pay, no matter what work they contribute. The ideal theory is "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." Very similar to the ideal societies described in scriptures. Very much like a commune of monks.

It differs from socialism in that socialism is a form of government, whereas communism is economic: it is theoretically possible to be a democratic communism. However, the governments of Russia, which was formerly communist, and China, which is currently communist, have poisoned the idea of communism with persecution of those with opposing viewpoints. Communism has become inseparable from oppression.

Personally, I like the idea of a free market society which provides a safety net for those who find themselves unemployed: England is a good example. If you go on public assistance, "on the dole", you must perform public service to receive the assistance. Giving people free money or supporting them for nothing encourages them to stay on public assistance.

Answer 4

Communism is a form of government where everybody is supposed to be the same and everybody owns everything. What it generally turns into is a totalitarian dictatorship everytime because when you take a person's identity you take their self-worth.

Truth is we were not created the same. We were created equal.

Answer 5

Suppressed.

Answer 6

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communism = share with everybody,
even rapists, murderers and thieves.

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Answer 7

It means everything is owned by the "stae".

It's a stupid system that would never work in the U.S.A.

Answer 8

It means you can't say or do anything thats not okd by a government.