What does communism mean?

Question

What does communism mean?

Answer 1

complete gov'mt control of the population!! you have very little or no right's you cannot own land or personal weapon's for self defence! you have no freedom of speechand anything that you say negative about your leaders can get you thrown in jail or worse!!! socialism brings nothing but poverty and misery to it's subject's!

Answer 2

The answerer above is right, but I would like to add that communism is initially created to make people equal on the basis of their worth. Everyone gets the same money, and no one is poorer than another. In other terms, wealth is distributed evenly.

Unfortunately, real communism does not exist, nor will it ever exist. The gvt will always have an advantage over the population, more cash, etc. Besides, would you want to work and study real hard, endebt yourself to cover these expenses, and then make as much as the person beside you who only finished the third grade? Of course not. Communism, in it's real sense, would create laziness and frustration. We don't live in an ideal world, so pure communism would never work.

-Sarah

Answer 3

All people are equal. All individuals equally own and share the industries.

The very essence of communism has never been acheived, however. It is impossible for all people to be equal. For example, in the USSR, would you say that a government official was politically and economically equal to a certain individual in Siberia?