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| - | '''Communism''' (from [[Latin]] ''communis'' - common, universal) is a [[Revolutionary socialism|revolutionary socialist]] movement to create a [[Classless society|classless]], moneyless and [[stateless society|stateless]] [[social order]] [[Base and superstructure|structured]] upon [[common ownership]] of the [[means of production]], as well as a [[social]], [[political]] and [[economy|economic]] ideology that aims at the establishment of this social order. This movement, in its [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] interpretations, significantly influenced the history of the 20th century, which saw intense rivalry between the "socialist world" ([[socialist state]]s ruled by [[Communist party|communist parties]]) and the "Western world" (countries with [[Capitalist economy|capitalist economies]]). | + | '''Sharing''' is the joint use of a resource or space. In its narrow sense, it refers to joint or alternating use of an inherently finite good, such as a common pasture or a shared residence. It is also the process of dividing and distributing. Apart from obvious instances, which we can observe in human activity, we can also find many examples of this happening in nature. When an organism takes in nutrition or oxygen for instance, its internal organs are designed to divide and distribute the energy taken in, to supply parts of its body that need it. Flowers divide and distribute their seeds. In a broader sense, it can also include free granting of use rights to a good that can be treated as a [[nonrival good]], such as information. Still more loosely, “sharing” can actually mean giving something as an outright gift: for example, to “share” one's food really means to give some of it as a gift.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} Sharing is a basic component of human interaction, and is responsible for strengthening social ties and ensuring a person’s well-being. |
| - | [[Marxism|Marxist theory]] holds that [[Stateless communism|''pure communism'' or ''full communism'']] is a specific stage of historical development that inevitably emerges from the development of the [[productive forces]] that leads to a superabundance of material wealth, allowing for [[From each according to his ability, to each according to his need|distribution based on need]] and social relations based on [[Free association (communism and anarchism)|freely associated individuals]]. The exact definition of communism varies, and it is often mistakenly, in general political discourse, used interchangeably with [[socialism]]; however, Marxist theory contends that socialism is just a transitional stage on the road to communism. [[Leninism]] adds to Marxism the notion of a [[vanguard party]] to lead the proletarian revolution and to secure all political power after the revolution for the working class, for the development of universal [[class consciousness]] and [[participatory democracy|worker participation]], in a transitional stage between [[capitalism]] and communism. | + | ==See also== |
| - | + | *[[Pie method]] | |
| - | [[Council communist]]s and non-Marxist [[libertarian communist]]s and [[anarcho-communist]]s oppose the ideas of a vanguard party and a transition stage, and advocate for the construction of full communism to begin immediately upon the abolition of capitalism. There is a very wide range of theories amongst those particular communists in regards to how to build the types of institutions that would replace the various economic engines (such as food distribution, education, and hospitals) as they exist under capitalist systems—or even whether to do so at all. Some of these communists have specific plans for the types of administrative bodies that would replace the current ones, while always qualifying that these bodies would be [[decentralisation|decentralised]] and [[employee ownership|worker-owned]], just as they currently are within the activist movements themselves. Others have no concrete set of post-revolutionary blueprints at all, claiming instead that they simply trust that the world's workers and poor will figure out proper modes of distribution and wide-scale production, and also coordination, entirely on their own, without the need for any structured "replacements" for capitalist [[nation-state|state-based]] control.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} | + | *[[Generosity]] |
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| - | In the modern lexicon of what many sociologists and political commentators refer to as the "political mainstream", communism is often used to refer to the policies of communist states, i.e., the ones totally controlled by [[communist party|communist parties]], regardless of the practical content of the actual [[economic system]] they may preside over. Examples of this include the policies of the [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam]] where the economic system incorporates "[[doi moi]]", the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) where the economic system incorporates "[[socialist market economy]]", and the economic system of the Soviet Union which has been described as "[[state capitalist]]". | + | |
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| - | == See also == | + | |
| - | *[[Proletariat]] | + | |
| - | *[[Left-wing politics]] | + | |
| - | *[[Marxism]] | + | |
| - | *[[McCarthyism]] | + | |
| - | *[[sharing]] | + | |
| - | *[[Karl Marx]] | + | |
| - | *[[Paris Commune]] | + | |
| - | *[[Russia]] | + | |
| - | *[[China]] | + | |
| - | *[[socialism]] | + | |
| - | *[[capitalism]] | + | |
| - | *[[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]] | + | |
| - | *[[Fall of the German wall]] | + | |
| - | *[[Tragedy of the commons]] | + | |
| - | *''[[Fifty Fantasy & Science Fiction Works That Socialists Should Read]]'' by [[China Miéville]] | + | |
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| - | *''[[Achieving Our Country : Leftist Thought in Twentieth-Century America]]'' by [[Richard Rorty]] | + | |
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Sharing is the joint use of a resource or space. In its narrow sense, it refers to joint or alternating use of an inherently finite good, such as a common pasture or a shared residence. It is also the process of dividing and distributing. Apart from obvious instances, which we can observe in human activity, we can also find many examples of this happening in nature. When an organism takes in nutrition or oxygen for instance, its internal organs are designed to divide and distribute the energy taken in, to supply parts of its body that need it. Flowers divide and distribute their seeds. In a broader sense, it can also include free granting of use rights to a good that can be treated as a nonrival good, such as information. Still more loosely, “sharing” can actually mean giving something as an outright gift: for example, to “share” one's food really means to give some of it as a gift.Template:Citation needed Sharing is a basic component of human interaction, and is responsible for strengthening social ties and ensuring a person’s well-being.
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