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Communism is the mode of production in which classes have been abolished, and through this the state and commodities (most importantly money) have been abolished, and a society based upon distribution from each according to ability to each according to need has been achieved. | Communism is the mode of production in which classes have been abolished, and through this the state and commodities (most importantly money) have been abolished, and a society based upon distribution from each according to ability to each according to need has been achieved. | ||
Although most famously theorized by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, there were numerous other proponents of communism/similar societies that differed from Marx and Engels on tactics and strategies to achieve such a society, such as Mikhail Bakunin and Peter Kropotkin. | |||
==Marxist Perspective on Communism== | |||
Marxists separate communism into two phases: lower-phase communism (socialism) and higher-phase communism (communism). Before either of these phases are to be possible, Marxists see the need for the destruction of the bourgeois state and the building of a proletarian state that would enforce the will of the working class while crushing the bourgeoisie. | |||
Lower-phase communism according to Marx sees the abolition of classes and of commodity production (and therefore money). However, this society is still scarred by the birthmarks of the old society, namely the state which while beginning to wither still exists in a sense. This stage can not happen instantly according to Marxists, as the dictatorship of the proletariat, while doing as much as it can to abolish classes, can not do so hastily and the process of building towards communism is a slow one. | |||
Higher-phase communism according to Marx sees the full withering away of the state and all its institutions and its replacement with an association of producers. Classes and money by this point have withered away, and society is based upon distribution based upon needs and abilities. | |||
==Anarchist Perspective on Communism== | |||
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Communism is the mode of production in which classes have been abolished, and through this the state and commodities (most importantly money) have been abolished, and a society based upon distribution from each according to ability to each according to need has been achieved.
Although most famously theorized by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, there were numerous other proponents of communism/similar societies that differed from Marx and Engels on tactics and strategies to achieve such a society, such as Mikhail Bakunin and Peter Kropotkin.
Marxist Perspective on Communism
Marxists separate communism into two phases: lower-phase communism (socialism) and higher-phase communism (communism). Before either of these phases are to be possible, Marxists see the need for the destruction of the bourgeois state and the building of a proletarian state that would enforce the will of the working class while crushing the bourgeoisie.
Lower-phase communism according to Marx sees the abolition of classes and of commodity production (and therefore money). However, this society is still scarred by the birthmarks of the old society, namely the state which while beginning to wither still exists in a sense. This stage can not happen instantly according to Marxists, as the dictatorship of the proletariat, while doing as much as it can to abolish classes, can not do so hastily and the process of building towards communism is a slow one.
Higher-phase communism according to Marx sees the full withering away of the state and all its institutions and its replacement with an association of producers. Classes and money by this point have withered away, and society is based upon distribution based upon needs and abilities.