An overview over communism

Communism, a political and economic doctrine, aims to replace private property and profit-oriented economies with a state system of public ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods, services and services.

Like most nineteenth-century writers, Marx used the terms communism and socialism interchangeably, but the distinction was largely based on the nature of their political and economic principles. Communism, according to its proponents, is therefore a form of socialism and therefore an alternative to capitalism. How exactly communism differs from socialism has long been debated.

During the state revolution of 1917, Lenin claimed that communism equalled socialism and socialism equalled communism. This distinction was reinforced when the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (the Soviet Union) and its leader Vladimir Lenin seized power and adopted the names of all Russian communist parties.

Since then, the form of political and economic organization that developed in the Soviet Union and was adopted in other countries governed by communist parties has been largely, but not exclusively, identified with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (the "Soviet Union") and its Communist Party.

Communism is an ideology aimed at establishing a classless, stateless social organization based on the common ownership of the means of production. His political goals, however, are generally a presumed form of future social organizations. The Marxists described this early form of human social organization as "primitive communism."

Communism is a political ideology which believes that a society can achieve full social equality by abolishing private property, but only by the common ownership of the means of production by all members of society.

The concept of communism began in the 1840s and spread rapidly by adapting the ideas of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and other Marx-Engels thinkers. Lenin often used the term "communism" interchangeably with Marx's and Engels's "high-phase communism," but also used terms like socialism to refer to the supposed first phase. After World War II, the rapid spread of communism was perceived as a threat to capitalist countries and led to a Cold War.

Marx's vision was modified by giving the state a central place in the development of such societies and advocating the central role of the state as an essential component of a communist society rather than as a separate entity. Later aspects, especially those developed by Lenin, provided characteristics that mobilized the political, economic, social and cultural aspects of communism, as well as the social and political structures of society.

Marx's contemporaries had similar ideas, but disagreed on how to achieve a classless society. The term communism was reserved for the philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels and the movement they had co-founded in Central Europe. In 1917, the term was defined by the Russian Revolution, which was seen as the model and concept of an ideal society to be followed by Marxists. Communism came from ancient sources, including Plato's Republic and early Christian communities.

Communism is a political and economic ideology that positions itself against liberal democracy and capitalism and instead advocates a classless system in which the means of production are communally owned and private property does not exist or is severely restricted. Communism is the belief that all material, income and income produced serves the common good, not the individual.

The modern use of the term dates back to an eighteenth-century French aristocrat who advocated living in a society in which property would be shared and the work of all would benefit.

After the French Revolution, modern communist ideology began to develop, and a new ideology was proposed in the form of Karl Marx, a German philosopher and economist who wrote with Friedrich Engels in 1848. The Communist Manifesto, an anti-communist pamphlet by Marx and Engels, was published in 1848, rejecting the Christian tenor of previous communist philosophies, and outlining a radically new vision of a socialist society in which everyone benefits from the work of everyone, not just the rich.

The manifesto emphasises the dangerous instability that capitalism has brought about and the need for a revolutionary revolution in the face of this instability. Although the manifesto outlines the basic requirements of a communist society, it does not contain instructions for the formation of communist governments, nor does it suggest the ultimate goal of a system, but rather an analysis of the historical events that led to its necessity. Marx's enduring vision is a vision that contributes to understanding how society moves through the laws that determine the path to communism, as well as a political theory that explains why revolutionary activities are needed to bring it about.

Since the late 19th century, the terms socialism and communism have often been used interchangeably. Marx and Engels argued, however, that communism would not emerge from capitalism as a fully developed state, but would go through a series of phases, with most of productive property belonging to those with the remaining class differences. This first phase would eventually give way to a higher phase, in which the class difference is eliminated and the state is no longer needed.

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