Communism
''Communism – A political ideology which has as its central principle the communal ownership of all property, and thereby the abolition of private property.
Communism, according to Marx, would abolish class distinctions and end the exploitation of the masses inherent in the capitalist system. The working class, or proletariat, would be the instrument of a revolution that would overthrow the capitalist system and liberate human potential. A fully developed communist system would operate according to the principle of ‘from each according to his ability, to each according to his need’, and as there would be no cause for the state to regulate society, it would ‘wither away’.
Marx’s writings provided a powerful ideological basis for communist and many socialist parties and governments.'' - Chambers Dictionary of World History
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Communism, according to Marx, would abolish class distinctions and end the exploitation of the masses inherent in the capitalist system. The working class, or proletariat, would be the instrument of a revolution that would overthrow the capitalist system and liberate human potential. A fully developed communist system would operate according to the principle of ‘from each according to his ability, to each according to his need’, and as there would be no cause for the state to regulate society, it would ‘wither away’.
Marx’s writings provided a powerful ideological basis for communist and many socialist parties and governments.'' - Chambers Dictionary of World History
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