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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, by which the means of production and distribution are tightly controlled by government rather than individuals.  This denies the right to [[private property]]. There are three main kinds of Socialism, but all of them are built on the premise that national government, has superior claims on all property. The most brutal forms (as in the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, Vietnam and Cuba) are atheistic and undemocratic.  

'''Socialism''' is a system of government, by which the means of production and distribution are regulated for the well-being of the people, not the profit of individuals.  The right to own the means of production(e.g factories) is controlled by the State. There are three main kinds of Socialism, but all of them are built on the premise that the social control of the means of production ensures that a community's resources are used in a positive and uplifting manner.  

   

   

==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.  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 early human tribal societies, 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==

==Other Socialist Countries (Current )==

==Other Socialist Countries (Current )==

===[[Cuba]]===

===[[Cuba]]===

Communist leader [[Fidel Castro]] violently overthrew the Cuban government in the 1950's and has declared Cuba to be Communist since then. Today, Cuba faces copious economic problems and the people lack their Fundamental Rights. ([[Raul Castro]] now runs the country, having taken it over from his ailing brother Fidel.)

Communist leader [[Fidel Castro]] violently overthrew the military dictatorship of Batista in Cuba in the 1950's and has declared Cuba to be Communist since then. Today, Cuba has a higher literacy rate than the United States and has one of the strongest economies in Central and South America. ([[Raul Castro]] now runs the country, having taken it over from his ailing brother Fidel.)

===North Korea===

===North Korea===