Ideologies and ideas - Communism

 

Communism is a political and economic ideology. It positions itself in opposition to liberal democracy and capitalism. whose aim is to create a society devoid of class oppression and exploitation, based on the lack of private property but collective ownership of the means of production and collective distribution of goods. Communism is thus a form of socialism—a higher and more advanced form, according to its advocates. This ideology was developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. In the nineteenth century, two variants of this ideology arose. One variant was the abolition of state institutions and collectivism, and one was Marxist, which was based on the 1848 Communist Manifest. According to the Marxist variant of communism, the achievement of a classless society was to come through revolution.

Colloquially, communism is also defined as the political system introduced in countries where power was gained by dictatorships and communist parties for example USSR. Regimes invoking the ideology of communism caused the deaths of 65 to around 100 million people.

 

 

 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/communism

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/communism.asp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism

 

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  1. englishdiary1 listopada 2020 03:40

    Some of the social ideas from before and around Marx's time were really admirable, e.g. Robert Owen's utopian community or some French thinkers before him (though you can argue that they were socialists rather than communists).
    Also, in Israel, the institution of a kibbutz is based on communist ideas and doesn't seem to be leading to mass murder.

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