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[[Image:Backrdv12n2.jpg|right|400px|thumb|The caption reads, "Long live the great undefeatable flag of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin!"  This is Leninism]]

[[Image:Backrdv12n2.jpg|right|400px|thumb|The caption reads, "Long live the great undefeatable flag of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin!"  This is Leninism]]

'''Socialism''' is a system of government which asserts that individual volition should be at all times subordiate to the state and society. Whilst Conservatism also stresses the importance of society (as opposed to liberalism, which emphasises the individual), it has very different views on how to promote it. The central value of socialism is equality, which socialists believe is necessary for a healthy society, whereas Conservatives believe that inequality is both necessary and inevitable, instead espusing noblesse oblige. Socialism work from the questionable premise that humans are generally a force for good, and will cooperate with their fellow men. There are many kinds, the most extreme of which is below

'''Socialism''' is a system of government which asserts that individual volition should be at all times subordiate to the state and society. Whilst Conservatism also stresses the importance of society (as opposed to liberalism, which emphasises the individual), it has very different views on how to promote it. The central value of socialism is equality, which socialists believe is necessary for a healthy society, whereas Conservatives believe that inequality is both necessary and inevitable, instead espusing noblesse oblige. Socialism work from the questionable premise that humans are generally a force for good, and will cooperate with their fellow men.

'''Communism''' is an extreme form of socialism by which the means of production and distribution are tightly controlled by government rather than individuals.  This denies the right to [[private property]]. This is built on the premise that national government has superior claims on all property, and that eventually the need for government will evaporate into a harmonious anarchy. These are inevitably undemocratic or secular/theocratic (as in China, North Korea, Vietnam and Cuba).

'''Communism''' is an extreme form of socialism by which the means of production and distribution are tightly controlled by government rather than individuals.  This denies the right to [[private property]]. These are inevitably undemocratic (as in North Korea, Vietnam and Cuba). China is controlled by a non-democratic Communist party but practices capitalism.

   

   

==Leninism==

==Leninism==

==Communal Socialism==

==Communal Socialism==

The third form of Socialism has nothing to do with Marx or government ownership, and emphasizes the importance of the community over the individual. Sometimes that has led to totalitarianism, as in [[National Socialism]] practiced by the German Nazis.<ref>"National Socialism" in German means something like "national society", with "national" meaning Aryan-and-not-Jewish; it called for an overwhelmingly powerful government alongside capitalism. </ref> Usually it means small communities sharing most of their possessions. The most famous examples are the religious [[Shakers]] of the 19th century (a conservative group), and the new-left communes that briefly existed in the 1960s and 70s.

The third form of Socialism has nothing to do with Marx or government ownership, and emphasizes the importance of the community over the individual.  Usually it means small communities sharing most of their possessions. The most famous examples are the religious [[Shakers]] of the 19th century (a conservative group), and the new-left communes that briefly existed in the 1960s and 70s.

==Controversy==

==Controversy==