Can someone explain the ideas of pure communism in simple terms?

Question

Can someone explain the ideas of pure communism in simple terms?

Answer 1

It's the opposite of capitalism. Look it up in wiki.

Answer 2

In the simplest terms, everybody shares everything equally. Which sounds nice, until you realize that everyone shares your stuff too- nobody actually owns anything.

Answer 3

how is this for simple-TOTAL SLAVERY !

Answer 4

"From each according to his ability. To each according to his needs."

Answer 5

Citizens make their own currency based on their trade.

Idea was for workers to have control of capital rather than bosses and such. Non hierachel system in which citizens mint their own money and exchange it among themselves to finance everything from production in factories to  building houses. Means the workers run everything notThe State. Pooling of skills to make it possible .

Answer 6

It is said that pure communism is the "best" type of government.  But it kills individualism.  Here's how:

1)  the govt owns everything - land, buildings, houses, farms, factories, the forest, the rivers, all.

2)  the govt takes care of its citizens.  It provide houses, jobs, education, health care, burial places.

3)  thus, the govt controls everything, even your thoughts, expression, love life, upbringing of your own children. It can separate the children from the parents and bring up the children in way the state wants them to become.

As a consequence, this type of govt kills the motivation, ambition, and desire of an individual to excel in anything.

Mainland China is not an example of "pure communism".  It allows its citizens to be better than the others by allowing them to excel in  sports, technology, business and many other things.

Answer 7

Communism is a blueprint to build a Utopian society.

Everything is owned by everybody, all share equally, each contributes what they can and each takes what they need.

The blueprint had a fatal flaw, it was based upon an imaginary concept of how people think and relate to one another.  

The Communist Manifesto is long boring and dry, Alice in Wonderland is a much better read, and just as relevant.

Answer 8

The gov. owns everything, controls everything, decides what you do, where you go.  

Kinda like mom and dad with a 10 year old.