Sheridan@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWhat's the difference between socialism and communism? Is there one? Or are the terms interchangeable?message-squaremessage-square90linkfedilinkarrow-up161
arrow-up161message-squareWhat's the difference between socialism and communism? Is there one? Or are the terms interchangeable?Sheridan@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square90linkfedilink
minus-squareWrrzag@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoThat’s just social democracy, not socialism. In your communism definition, the government is not supposed to step aside, it’s supposed to stop having a function as classes are eliminated, because the state’s purpose is the oppression of one class by the other.
That’s just social democracy, not socialism.
In your communism definition, the government is not supposed to step aside, it’s supposed to stop having a function as classes are eliminated, because the state’s purpose is the oppression of one class by the other.