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communism.md

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 *"Imagine no possession"* --John Lennon
 
-Communism (from *communis* -- common, shared) is a very wide term which most generally stands for the idea that sharing and equality should be the basic values and principles of a society; as such it is a [leftist](left_right.md) idea which falls under [socialism](socialism.md) (i.e. basically focusing on people at large). There are very many branches, theories, political ideologies and schools of thought somewhat based on communism, for example [Marxism](marxism.md), [Leninism](leninism.md), [anarcho communism](ancom.md), primitive communism, Christian communism, Buddhist communism etc. -- of course, some of these are good while others are evil and only abuse the word communism as a kind of *brand* (as also happens e.g. with [anarchism](anarchism.md)). Sadly after the disastrous failure of the violent pseudocommunist revolutions of the 20th century, most people came to equate the word communism with oppressive militant regimes, however we have to stress that **communism is NOT equal to [USSR](ussr.md), Marxism-Leninism, Stalinism or any other form of pseudocommunism**, on the contrary such regimes were rather hierarchical, nationalist, cruel, nonegalitarian and violent, we might even say downright [fascist](fascism.md). Really there is very little difference between Marxist regimes and far right regimes, the difference is essentially just in the name, and so we MUST NEVER think of communism as of what Marxism. As for [LRS](lrs.md), we embrace TRUE communism and aim to make unconditional, [selfless](selflessness.md) sharing the basis of our [less retarded society](less_retarded_society.md) -- ideologically this is probably closest to [anarcho communism](ancom.md). **Yes, large communist societies have existed and worked**, for example the [Inca](inca.md) empire worked without [money](money.md) and provided FREE food, clothes, houses, health care, education and other products of collective work to everyone, according to his needs. Many other communities also work on more or less communist principles, see e.g. Jewish kibbutz, Sikhist [langar](langar.md), [free software](free_software.md), or even just most families for that matter. Of course, no one says the mentioned societies and groups are or were [ideal](less_retarded_society.md), just that the principles of communism DO work, that communism should be considered a necessary attribute of an ideal society and that ideal society is not impossible due to impossibility of communism because as we see, it is indeed possible. The color [red](red.md) is usually associated with communism and the "hammer and sickle" (U+262D) is taken as its symbol, though that's mostly associated with the evil communist regimes and so its usage by LRS supporters is probably better be avoided.
+Communism (from *communis* -- common, shared) is a very broad name most generally given to the idea that sharing and equality should be the basic values and principles of a society; as such it is a [leftist](left_right.md) idea falling under [socialism](socialism.md) (if that we take to mean a "focus on wellbeing of people at large"). Many branches, theories, political ideologies and schools of thought have come to grow from this concept, [Marxism](marxism.md), [Leninism](leninism.md), [anarcho communism](ancom.md), primitive communism, Christian communism and [Buddhist](buddhism.md) communism to name only a few -- of course, some of them [good](good.md) and other ones [evil](evil.md), only exploiting the word "communism" as a kind of *brand* (as also often happens e.g. with [anarchism](anarchism.md)). Unfortunately after the disastrous failure of the violent pseudocommunist revolutions of the 20th century, most people came to equate the word communism with oppressive militant regimes, and so we shall stress that **communism is NOT equal to [USSR](ussr.md), Marxism-Leninism, Stalinism or any other form of pseudocommunism**, on the contrary such regimes were rather hierarchical, nationalist, cruel, nonegalitarian and violent, we might even say downright [fascist](fascism.md). Really there is very little difference between Marxist and far right regimes, the difference is essentially just in the name, and so we MUST NEVER think of communism as of Marxism. As for [LRS](lrs.md), we embrace TRUE communism and aim to make unconditional, [selfless](selflessness.md) sharing the basis of our [less retarded society](less_retarded_society.md) -- ideologically this is probably closest to [anarcho communism](ancom.md). **Yes, large communist societies have existed and worked**, for example the [Inca](inca.md) empire worked without [money](money.md) and provided FREE food, clothes, houses, health care, education and other products of collective work to everyone, according to his needs. Many other communities also work on more or less communist principles, see e.g. Jewish kibbutz, Sikhist [langar](langar.md), [free software](free_software.md), or even just most families for that matter. Of course, it's not claimed these societies and groups are or were [ideal](less_retarded_society.md), just that the principles of communism DO work in practice, that communism should be considered a necessary attribute of an ideal society and that such society is not impossible due to impossibility of communism because as we see, it is indeed possible (if anything, only its scalability gets really questioned, and even if global communism was proven to be impossible, who says we are obliged to establish a single global society?). The color [red](red.md) is usually associated with communism and the "hammer and sickle" (U+262D) is taken as its symbol, though that's mostly associated with the evil communist regimes and so its usage by LRS supporters is probably better be avoided.
 
 Common ideas usually associated with communism are (please keep in mind that this may differ depending on the specific flavor of communism):
 
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 - Abolishment of [money](money.md) as that is a means of dividing people into classes (rich and poor), means of abuse (wage slavery) and a tool of systems such as capitalism. In a good society money is unnecessary, everyone gets what he needs.
 - Sometimes [revolution](revolution.md) (and even [war](war.md), temporary dictatorship etc.) is seen by some "communists" as a necessary way of achieving a change, however many others oppose this as revolution means violence, dominating man by another man (inequality) etc. -- peaceful voluntary evolutionary approach is also an option of achieving communism.
 - Focus on workers and common people.
-- Intellectual endeavor and idealism -- many communists are intellectuals, scientifically examining society and seeking models of an ideal society, a "[utopia](utopia.md)" as opposed to accepting life in a [dystopia](dystopia.md).
+- Intellectual endeavor and idealism -- many communists are intellectuals, [scientifically](science.md) examining society and seeking models of an ideal society, a "[utopia](utopia.md)" as opposed to accepting life in a [dystopia](dystopia.md).
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