what is the difference/similarities between capitalism and communism?
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Difference\nCapitalist System = Trade and industry controlled by private owners.\nCommunist System = Common ownership of property.\nSimilarities\nNone
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Fascism and Communism both provide little political freedom, little economic freedom and little personal freedom.  Fascism and Communism are both statist ideologies (big government).  They differ in that the goal of Communism is economic equality and a rational state.  The goal of fascism is almost a populist government, but without the direct input.  It is populist in the sense that the state provides a paternalistic support, but opposition is quickly crushed.\n\nDemocracy is anti-statist in its pure form.  The state is the populace.  In the less pure forms, such as parliamentary governments or republics such as the US, the state is stronger than in popular control.  While democracy emphasizes political freedom, it does not necessarily grant economic or personal freedoms.  It also tends to support inequalities in certain dimensions.  Parliamentary democracies are closer to actual democracy than republics as the government survives only as long as it has popular support.
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communism:\n\nProduction output is divided equally among the individuals exclusive of society benefit. \n\nsocialism:\n\nProduction output is allocated for the greatest good of the entire society exclusive of the individual benefit.\n\nSocialism is the superior economic system but due to human nature it cannot be implemented and therefore regulated capitalism supersedes it.
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Communism:  From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. \n\nMarx (and Engels) based this on a class system divided into the beugiose  (boo-sua-zee) and the proletariat. It was called a "dictatorship of the elite".  The former being less than 10% of the poplulation with more than 90% of the wealth, the latter 90% of the population a poor, uneducated, working class which they called a "system of wives in common".  The Soviet Union was the first great experiment here and you see what happened.  Mao was closer to this model in theory the Soviets more Socialist.  Both based thier systems on the model from the Communist Manifesto.  BTW, Marx and Engles lived in england and Engles came from a very wealth industrial family. \n\nFacism: Not even close.  Read about Moussilini (El Deuc'e) and Hitler.
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Communism = From each, according to ability.  To each, according to need. (Everyone works; he who needs, gets.)\n\nSocialism = From each, according to ability.  To each, according to deeds. (Everyone works, he who works harder or better or smarter gets more)
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You should read Karl Marx's book.  I read it in 9th grade, and was supprised by how differently it was portrayed.  The idea of communism in it's simplest is perfect.  Every one has food, clothing, and more than enough to thrive.  Communism would be the perfect government if we could find a ruler who wasn't self absorbed and greedy.  Unfortunately, that's not how most humans function.  (In enland, with the Monarch, Parliment was established to make sure that the King/ Queen wasn't abusing his/her powers, and I bet something similar would function well in a Communist community).  Communisim is only condsidered bad or evil because dictators in the past have proven to be bad or evil.
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Communism is just a more extreme version of socialism.\n\nSocialist countries can have an element of democracy, the US, UK, France, Germany etc have socialist aspects.\n\nFor example, welfare, government subsidized healthcare, etc...\nbut still has capitalistic aspects where individuals own business and land.  The people vote on their leaders, ie democracy.\n\nCommunism on the other hand, usually involves total central planning, and is frequently controlled by dictators or a small group of people.  They decide what companies produce what.  They decide everything that will be done in the country.  They usually put down internal dissent with violence.  Communist countries are like North Korea, China prior to 2000 (still semi communist), the USSR before it collapsed.
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I think you are talking about Economic System of Canada. Well Canada is neither Communism nor Capitalism. Canada is socialism economic. I want to suggest you research about three economic system at Wikipedia.
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Comparing it to communism isn't entirely wrong, but it's a big red herring, in my opinion. Sure there are similarities to the Soviet government, but their version of communism became pretty far removed from socialism -- more like a state-controlled form of capitalism.\n\nThe EU as it stands is doing something similar; in the name of benefiting the people, it's working to concentrate economic power in fewer hands. Sure some good legislation makes it through, but a lot of what they're doing is making it easier for large corporations to have their way, similar to the U.S. Calling it communism shields us from the 'capitalist' actuality.\n\nAs for this forum being democratic (re above comment) -- sure we can vote on everything, Big Brother, Pop Idol, X Factor, Yahoo Answers -- but how much influence do we have over our real lives? It's like choice in the shops -- 40 styles of jeans, but so much pressure to be sexy in a particular way or rows of processed food that all tastes like MSG and half an aisle of vegetables flown in from Spain or Kenya. Aren't we being distracted from the limited political options we currently have by the plethora of 'democracy' we experience elsewhere?
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They are opposing governmental systems.\n\nI believe Capitalism is better for the economy and usually there is more freedom under Capitalism.\n\nCommunism is a system without God, that the leaders are greedy for power and usually oppress the people denying many rights because supposedly the Communist government leaders know best how their people should live.\nMost Communist systems violate human rights including freedom of speech and freedom of religion.\n\nBut at the same time Capitalism when it is done without God and taken to an extreme also leads to greed and the oppression of the poor.\n\nAs a Christian I would rather to be under a Capitalist system with hopefully Capitalists who are not extreme and believe in God.
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this link will be of help to u...go thru it .. u will understand...\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism#Capitalist_theory
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political viewpoints tend to get divided. i am an economic liberal which comes awfully close to communism because i believe in sharing the wealth and helping out your neighbor. However i am a moral conservative because i am against things like gay rights, immigration, and lots of other political questions that fall on the moral side.
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Communism is a society where the Government controls and distributes everything, usually by inspiring fear in the populice.  \n\nThe above answer better describes socialism then communism, though both are remarkably similar.
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Capitalism government: a goverment that's run on "an economic system based on the production of commodities for sale, exchange, and profit" (wikipedia)\nBiggest capitalistic government: Britain (from mid to late nineteenth century)\n\nCommunism: "a political ideology that seeks to establish a future classless, stateless social organization based upon common ownership of the means of production" (wikipedia)\nBiggest communistic government: People's Republic of China\n\nSocialism: "refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control" (wikepedia)\nBiggest socialistic government: Soviet Union (in terms of economic system)
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Communism is a political ideology that wants a classless, religionless, and stateless organization based on collective ownership.  \n\nCommunitarianism enforces the idea of civil society, which refers to the totality of voluntary civic and social institutions that form the basis of a functioning society as opposed to the structures of a state.
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Communism is just a government format, that leads by council. It grew out of the Socialist movement sparked by Carl Marx. There are a number of books on the subject, try The Manifesto. By the way, both of these were ideas that looked real good on paper, but never translated well into reality. Human nature is it's biggest problem.
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Ok my theory on this is two things:\n1. Lack of education on the true meaning of both.\n2. A purpose-full intent to redefine communism as socialism because a lot of liberals are called socialist.