communism
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Communism is a political and economic ideology advocating collective ownership of property and the means of production, with goods distributed according to need rather than market forces.
In theory, communism aims for a classless society without a state.
In practice, 20th-century communist regimes—the Soviet Union, Maoist China, Cuba—featured authoritarian one-party rule and centralized planning.
The Cold War pitted communism against capitalism.
In American political discourse, communism often functions as a loose epithet for any left-wing policy the speaker dislikes.
- Friedrich EngelsGerman communist philosopher
- Das KapitalFoundational socialist economic critique
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
bourgeoisie · surplus value · means of production · alienation · false consciousness · commodity fetishism · exploitation
Lenin's revolutionary party
- October RevolutionSoviet founding coup
- LeninSoviet state founder
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- Red ArmySoviet ground forces
Che Guevara · Red Guards · Cultural Revolution · dictatorship of the proletariat · class struggle · uprising · guerrilla · armed struggle
Centralized resource allocation system
- collectivizationForced communal ownership transfer
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
- state-ownedBelonging to government
- command economyState-controlled economic system
five-year plan · central planning · quota · heavy industry · rationing · shortage · black market · industrialization
Former communist superstate
- USSRFormer communist superpower
- People's Republic of ChinaEast Asian communist state
- CubaCaribbean island country
- North KoreaIsolated East Asian state
Vietnam · East Germany · Yugoslavia · Czechoslovakia · Poland · Hungary · Romania · Bulgaria
Prolonged East-West standoff
- McCarthyismPolitically-motivated accusation without evidence
- Red ScareAnti-communist hysteria period
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
dissidents · gulag · purge · censorship · defection · Iron Curtain · Berlin Wall · repression
Vanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- StalinismTotalitarian Communist doctrine
- MaoismPeasant-centered communist doctrine
- TrotskyismRevolutionary socialist theory opposing bureaucracy
- Marxism-LeninismState-led revolutionary socialism
Israeli communal farm
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- collective ownershipJoint holding by many
- solidarityUnity among allies
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
shared property · public ownership · council · assembly · mutual aid · classless society
Communist movement's insignia
- red flagIndicator of danger
- red starCool-burning celestial body
- InternationaleGlobal workers' anthem
- clenched fistTightly closed hand
May Day · propaganda poster · central committee · workers unite · manifesto
Karl Marx
- Friedrich EngelsGerman communist philosopher
- Das KapitalFoundational socialist economic critique
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
proletariat · bourgeoisie · surplus value · means of production · alienation · false consciousness · commodity fetishism · exploitation
Bolsheviks
Lenin's revolutionary party
- October RevolutionSoviet founding coup
- LeninSoviet state founder
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
Red Army · Che Guevara · Red Guards · Cultural Revolution · dictatorship of the proletariat · class struggle · uprising · guerrilla · armed struggle · cadre
planned economy
Centralized resource allocation system
- collectivizationForced communal ownership transfer
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
- state-ownedBelonging to government
command economy · five-year plan · central planning · quota · heavy industry · rationing · shortage · black market · industrialization · expropriation
Soviet Union
Former communist superstate
- USSRFormer communist superpower
- People's Republic of ChinaEast Asian communist state
- CubaCaribbean island country
North Korea · Vietnam · East Germany · Yugoslavia · Czechoslovakia · Poland · Hungary · Romania · Bulgaria · Albania
Cold War
Prolonged East-West standoff
- McCarthyismPolitically-motivated accusation without evidence
- Red ScareAnti-communist hysteria period
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
capitalism · dissidents · gulag · purge · censorship · defection · Iron Curtain · Berlin Wall · repression · totalitarianism
Leninism
Vanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- StalinismTotalitarian Communist doctrine
- MaoismPeasant-centered communist doctrine
- TrotskyismRevolutionary socialist theory opposing bureaucracy
kibbutz
Israeli communal farm
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- collective ownershipJoint holding by many
- solidarityUnity among allies
fellowship · shared property · public ownership · council · assembly · mutual aid · classless society
hammer and sickle
Communist movement's insignia
- red flagIndicator of danger
- red starCool-burning celestial body
- InternationaleGlobal workers' anthem
clenched fist · May Day · propaganda poster · central committee · workers unite · manifesto
- ismscapitalism, socialism, anarchism, racism, atheism
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- comparative historycolonialism, imperialism, revolutions, modernization, industrialization
- political theoryanarchism, authoritarianism, conservatism, democracy, fascism
- socialismMarxism, proletariat, bourgeoisie, collective ownership, means of production
- economic systemscapitalism, mercantilism, feudalism, socialism, agrarian economy
communismcapitalism
Private profit-based economy
market economy · free enterprise · mercantilism · industrialism · private enterprise
communismlibertarianism
Minimal-government political philosophy
individualism · anarcho-capitalism · fascism · conservatism · anticommunism
communismprivate ownership
Individual control of assets
private property · individualism · proprietorship · capitalism · freedom
- community chestShared local welfare fund
- community serviceUnpaid labor benefiting society
- Communist ChinaMarxist-Leninist Asian state
- community centerShared neighborhood gathering space
- community collegeTwo-year public institution
- community hallsShared local event spaces
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