What is communism and socalism?

Question

Which one is better
How do they work

Answer 1

The difference can be explained simply if you throw in capitalism and fascism.

Capitalism - democracy and free market
Fascism - dictatorship and free market
Socialism - democracy and controlled economy
Communism - dictatorship and controlled economy

For simplicity I throw around terms like dictatorship and democracy very loosely, but it gives an idea.

Socialism is better - as we in the west tend to favour democratic type concepts.

Oh, I am from Canada. We are far from socialist. We may be left of Center, and left of US thinking. We may even have a socialist policy or two. But for every socialist concept we have in place their are 50 capitalist policies in place. I believe I have read that there has never been a true socialist nation ever attempted. But that is true on most of these forms - the Utopian true pure form has never existed. Even the US Capitalist system has too much government interference, much of it doesn't improve the system

Answer 2

Socialism is better.

Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. It can be considered a branch of the broader socialist movement. Communism as a political goal is generally a conjectured form of future social organization, although Marxists have described early forms of human social organization as 'primitive communism'. Self-identified communists hold a variety of views, 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 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.

Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community.[1] This control may be either direct—exercised through popular collectives such as workers' councils—or indirect—exercised on behalf of the people by the state. As an economic system, socialism is often characterized by state or community ownership of the means of production.

Answer 3

Communism is absolute control for the betterment of the state from cradle to grave and has no freedoms. A classic example of Socialism is Canada. It's hard to explain, it's a compromise between Communism and capitalism. It tries to make a cradle to grave environment using capitalism. It can never work because they bleed all the incomes to pay for a social lifestyle. It breeds corruption in the government and a lot of the freedoms are given up.

Answer 4

Communism (and fascism, for that matter) is a subset of socialism.

Socialism puts the "whole" above the "individual." The problem is, whose priorities do you trust?