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'''Communism''' is a [[left-wing]] anti-democratic and violent ideology dedicated to supposedly overthrow [[Capitalism]], replacing it with a unelected "[[dictatorship of the proletariat]]" by [[technocrat]]s and an [[atheist]] elite.  Under Communism, the [[political]] system replaces  [[private property|private ownership]] of the means of production with a supposed "collective ownership" of the [[economy]], but really maintained for the benefit and profit of a corrupt elite. Capitalism is impossible to overthrow because any business, or "means of production," that costs more to operate than the income it produces, i.e. does not turn a profit, will ultimately fail.

'''Communism''' is a [[left-wing]] anti-democratic and violent ideology dedicated to supposedly overthrow [[Capitalism]], replacing it with a unelected "[[dictatorship of the proletariat]]" by [[technocrat]]s and an [[atheist]] elite.  Under Communism, the [[political]] system replaces  [[private property|private ownership]] of the means of production with a supposed "collective ownership" of the [[economy]], but really maintained for the benefit and profit of a corrupt elite. Capitalism is impossible to overthrow because any business, or "means of production," that costs more to operate than the income it produces, i.e. does not turn a profit, will ultimately fail.

These elites empower [[criminal]] gangsters and hoodlums to keep opposition in check.  Because private ownership is illegal in favor of a [[collective]], prisons are emptied of anyone convicted of a property crime.  This criminal element is the base of the communists' political  power to destroy [[democracy]].  Political opposition is outlawed. Having rejected the culture and habits of the old regime as unjust, violent criminals are released to become enforcers for the corrupt elite.

These elites empower [[criminal]] gangsters and hoodlums to keep opposition in check.  Because private ownership is illegal in favor of a [[collective]], prisons are emptied of anyone convicted of a property crime.  This criminal element is the base of the communists' political  power to destroy [[democracy]].  Political opposition is outlawed. Having rejected the culture and habits of the old regime as unjust, many of the worst violent offenders are released from prison to become enforcers for the corrupt elite.

In [[Karl Marx]]'s theory, Communism is the final phase of societal evolution that begins with [[Socialism]].  Marxist theory alleges that [[feudalism]] evolved into [[capitalism]], and capitalism evolves into socialism, and eventually the highest order of societal evolution is achieved when socialism evolves into communism.  Marx's ''Communist Manifesto'' proposes the establishment of a "[[classless society]]" when human society reaches this ultimate perfection, minus any resistors or counterrevolutionaries.  Communist societies however do maintain a [[class structure]] with the corrupt elite on top, scientists, technicians, and skilled workers recruited from schools who are afforded special privileges, thugs and mobsters who now become the enforcers and police, and everyone else with no political rights.

In [[Karl Marx]]'s theory, Communism is the final phase of societal evolution that begins with [[Socialism]].  Marxist theory alleges that [[feudalism]] evolved into [[capitalism]], and capitalism evolves into socialism, and eventually the highest order of societal evolution is achieved when socialism evolves into communism.  Marx's ''Communist Manifesto'' proposes the establishment of a "[[classless society]]" when human society reaches this ultimate perfection, minus any resistors or counterrevolutionaries.  Communist societies however do maintain a [[class structure]] with the corrupt elite on top, scientists, technicians, and skilled workers recruited from schools who are afforded special privileges, thugs and mobsters who now become the enforcers and police, and everyone else with no political rights.