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[[File:Communist-manifesto.png|thumb|Cover of the first edition of ''The Communist Manifesto'' (London, February 1848)]] | [[File:Communist-manifesto.png|thumb|Cover of the first edition of ''The Communist Manifesto'' (London, February 1848)]] | ||
In Marxist theory, '''[[Socialism]]''' is a system of society in which there is no private property, a system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state. '''Communism''' is a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production with a professed aim of establishing a stateless society. In the final stage, the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equally. Goods are owned in common and available to all as needed. | |||
In this theory socialism is a transitional state between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done. Communism itself exists nowhere and is a theory that has never worked. The former Soviet Union was in fact, a Socialist state. | |||
Those who would implement the plan of God for the true brotherhood of man should recognize that the philosophy of World Communism is a counterfeit of the [[Golden age|Golden-Age]] culture. | |||
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Marx proposed that the study of man could be reduced to purely material considerations and that economic systems were the primary determinant in relationships between men. Marx adapted the dialectic of Hegel in his statement that “the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles,”<ref>Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, ''Manifesto of the Communist Party'', trans. Samuel Moore, part 1.</ref> and his concept that all social order founded on class division has within it the seeds of its own destruction until a classless society emerges. Revolution becomes a tool to this end, if necessary. | Communism in its modern form is based on [[Karl Marx]]’s adaptation of the Hegelian dialectic to the study of history. Marx proposed that the study of man could be reduced to purely material considerations and that economic systems were the primary determinant in relationships between men. Marx adapted the dialectic of Hegel in his statement that “the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles,”<ref>Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, ''Manifesto of the Communist Party'', trans. Samuel Moore, part 1.</ref> and his concept that all social order founded on class division has within it the seeds of its own destruction until a classless society emerges. Revolution becomes a tool to this end, if necessary. | ||
With the classless society as the absolute goal, history is said to be leading civilization to an inevitable structure where all personal, educational, social and environmental differences are leveled to a predetermined state of so-called equality. Such a state would bring to a halt the operation of the law of karma. Thus, for all intents and purposes, it would preclude the possibility of individuals and nations making spiritual progress, for karma is indeed the great teacher of mankind. | With the classless society as the absolute goal, history is said to be leading civilization to an inevitable structure where all personal, educational, social and environmental differences are leveled to a predetermined state of so-called equality. Such a state would bring to a halt the operation of the law of karma. Thus, for all intents and purposes, it would preclude the possibility of individuals and nations making spiritual progress, for karma is indeed the great teacher of mankind. | ||