How To Differentiate Socialism And Communism?

How To Differentiate Socialism And Communism?

The difference between socialism and communism is that socialism seeks to regulate the inherent class struggle and communism seeks to eliminate these social classes. Socialism and communism are born from Marxism, considered an analysis of the development of political, social and economic relations that the new capitalist society would develop. The study on the consequences of capitalism, known as Marxism in reference to its creator, the German Jewish philosopher Karl Marx (1818-1883), opened the debate on what was the best way to treat the struggle between the capitalist class, that is, the owners of productive resources, and the proletarian or working class, which must work to survive. As a result, the Marxist debate formed socialist and communist movements that, although they have a common root, present multiple differences in terms of their ideological approach. Discover more in this podcast.