Despite the fact that the Soviet Union collapsed, the people's memory did not have time to completely forget the almost century-old era. It is not surprising that some young people are wondering: "What is communism?" Without understanding your own history, you cannot draw the right conclusions about the future.
Instruction manual
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Communism is a utopian political regime. Best of all, its essence reveals the slogan "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." It is understood that each member of society works conscientiously for the common good, which ultimately helps to satisfy the needs of the entire population as a whole. It is worth noting that this directly contradicts the new economic model, as human needs rely on infinity.
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Communist society should have a number of characteristic features. First of all - the lack of private property and the complete rejection of the currency in any of its manifestations: each person simply gets everything that he would not want. As a result, there is no division into social classes, the need for a state as such disappears.
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By introducing a number of reservations, primitive society can be considered communist. Food is obtained by joint efforts not for personal needs, but for the whole tribe at once, there are no signs of the state, members of the tribe do not have direct power over each other.
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Communist utopia is preceded by socialism. This political regime, according to K. Marx, is a transitional stage of capitalism. The state begins to abandon money and private property, but there is no talk of an equal distribution of benefits. Each person receives a coupon on how much labor he has invested in the state, on the basis of which he can receive certain benefits. It is important to note that in the Soviet Union, socialism had a distorted form, which gives rise to many points of view about the political structure of the state. The most optimistic option: "Socialism in the USSR was, but only in an undeveloped form."
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Political regimes of this kind are criticized, first of all, for depersonalizing a person. Most Utopian philosophers agree that the building of a communist society is possible only with tight control over freedom of speech and egalitarian policies, which does not provide any opportunity for personal self-realization.
- New philosophical encyclopedia
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia
