What is difference between Marxism and communism?
Based on a lot of discussions I see online, I have noticed many people arguing that there is a fine line between the two. But is that really the case? Are there much more significant differences between Marxism and communism?
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“There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism—by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.”
- Ayn Rand.
Socialism: Common ownership of the means of production and distribution
Communism: Common ownership of the means of production and distribution, and the abolition of the State as an entity, and the abolition of currency.
Communism is a general category which may cover more than 20 specific types of communism. Marxism is one of those.
See @kritiper above. But I will add that to my mind a Marxist is someone who accepts Marx’s explanation for the layout of society and particularly industrial society.
Marxism is a form of communism, but not all communism is Marxist. Communism is a form of socialism, but not all socialism is communist. Just as: republicanism is a form of democracy, but not all democracies are republics.
From what I’ve read, Engels referred to Marxist communism as scientific socialism.
Marxism is philosophical Communism is a practical system. If Marxism is the road then Communism is the destination.
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