Communism vs. Socialism: What's The Difference?

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Published 2017-09-21
There's a lot of confusion surrounding the terms Communism and Socialism. The two are often used interchangeably, even by entire governments and political leaders, but they are not the same at all! So what’s the difference? Find out in this quick explainer.

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All Comments (20)
  • @webiplus
    "stop using my quotes to win internet arguments" - all philosophers
  • @Sparky579
    "Never Gonna Give you Up" - Rick Astley
  • @immad9706
    "Why 90% of comments section is in qoute form?" -Me
  • @jasonle520
    “Everything sounds much more serious if it’s in quotations” -Abraham Lincoln
  • I love the idea, but the sad reality is that no government can be trusted to distribute money equally among all people.
  • @thomasplatt7329
    “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” -Wayne Gretzky -Michael Scott
  • @SydAliHsn
    "I'm a barbie girl in the barbie world " - Abraham Lincoln -
  • @lucassands215
    In a free society, there will be inequality. In a truly equal society, nobody will be free. Edit: I cant believe people are arguing over a comment I made when I was 15 lmao
  • I love how people use the term "equal" to represent forced total equality, then use it to describe Communism, when the most famous Communism quote is "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs", a sentence that literally says "no it's not equal"
  • @KDfarinx
    "he a runner he a trackstar" -lenin, probably
  • @nickschulte3915
    “Dark humor is like food, not everyone gets it.” Stalin
  • @kakolusi6144
    "If all the doors of life gets closed, use window instead" -a thief
  • Someone once said that "If voting made a difference, they wouldn't let us do it. "
  • @johnhall7522
    Stalinism as an ideology doesn't properly exist; in fact Stalin himself was not a "Stalinist," but a Marxist-Leninist. Stalinism simply refers to the policies enacted by Stalin, but he wasn't following his own separate ideology when forming or enacting those policies, he was simply following Marxist-Leninist thought