Socialism is not marxism, for 80 years now. I know it's damn hard to hear the truth in the US about it...Socialism is DEMOCRATIC. Communism is not. Fascism is RW, with corporations and capitalism. The terms "National Socialism and USSR is called PROPAGANDA, dingbat dupes.
God you are stupid.
In Marxist theory,
socialism (also called
lower-stage communism or the
socialist mode of production) refers to a specific historical phase of economic development and its corresponding set of
social relations that supersede
capitalism in the schema of
historical materialism. Socialism is defined as a mode of production where the sole criterion for production is
use-value and therefore the
law of value no longer directs economic activity.
Production for use is coordinated through
consciouseconomic planning, while distribution of economic output is based on the principle of
To each according to his contribution. The social relations of socialism are characterized by the working-class effectively owning the
means of production and the means of their livelihood, either through cooperative enterprises or by public ownership and
self management, so that the
social surplus accrues to the working class and society as a whole.
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