How communism differs from socialism

The world is so arranged that people always dream of social justice. This idea is firmly rooted in the ideologies of communism and socialism. At the beginning of the last century, during the time of the Great Socialist Revolution, these two concepts were intertwined. They were perceived as synonyms.

Socialism

The ideology of socialism is based on the idea of ​​universal equality and social justice. It was believed that all means of production should belong to those who work for them, and not to those who own them. The founders of this theory are Karl Marx, Pierre Lou, Charles Fourier and other scientists.

Many writers in their works prove with confidence that socialism is a very real phenomenon that has begun to come true. The main social base on which the socialists rely is workers and peasants. At all times, starting with the French Revolution of 1789, workers stood up for their rights - shortening working hours, decent working conditions, raising wages, free education and medical services, etc. Workers and peasants - this is society, i.e. society.

Communism

Communism is considered the highest stage of human society, where all people will be equal among themselves, there will be neither poor nor rich. This idea was supported by the English humanist and thinker Thomas More in his novel Utopia. He substantiated the idea that it was necessary to radically destroy not only class differences between people, but also the social classes themselves. Thinkers such as Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels supported this theory. Ardent supporters of this ideology were Lenin and Stalin. They argued that under communism not only the means of production, but also the products that are produced on them will be common. All products will be produced on nationalized equipment and will be divided equally among all members of society. That is, you need to take everything from the rich and distribute it to the poor.

To achieve world bliss, theorists have argued, a world revolution is needed that can destroy class inequality. In fact, "communism" is a derivative of "commune", i.e. all in common. Under communism, market relations are rejected as a manifestation of capitalism. It follows from this that if there is no class society, then there will be no state as an apparatus for managing this society.