FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
The way I recently heard it explained is that socialism is when the workers own the means of production and communism is when the government owns the means of production
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
The way I recently heard it explained is that socialism is when the workers own the means of production and communism is when the government owns the means of production
communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 2 days ago
That’s not true at all
Socialism - any system of government where the workers own the means of production. This has nothing to do with welfare or healthcare or any of that, just that the working class owns the factories and other private property. (The marxist and original definition of private property is property that generates capital, not your toothbrush, which is personal property. Same with your home.)
communism - a post socialist system where the workers own the means of production, currency has been abolished, there are no class divisions or state (note the marxist concept of the state is probably not what you’re thinking if this is new to you.)