What is Communism?Communism is the doctrine of the conditions of the liberation of the proletariat.
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com·mu·nism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kmy-nzm) n.
A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.
Communism
a. A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.
b. The Marxist-Leninist version of Communist doctrine that advocates the overthrow of capitalism by the revolution of the proletariat.
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Proletariat
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The proletariat (from Latin proles, offspring) is a term used to identify a lower social class; a member of such a class is called a proletarian. Originally it was identified as those people who have no other wealth than their sons; the term was initially used in a derogatory sense, until Karl Marx used it as a positive term to identify what he termed the working class.
The Proletariat in Marxist theory
In Marxist theory, the proletariat is that class of society which does not have ownership of the means of production. Therefore, the only source of income for proletarians is wage labor. Proletarians are wage-workers, while some refer to those who receive salaries as the salariat. For Marx, however, wage labor may involve getting a salary rather than a wage per se.
Marxism sees the proletariat and bourgeoisie (owner class) as inherently hostile, since (for example) factory workers automatically wish wages to be as high as possible, while owners wish for wages (costs) to be as low as possible.
See also: Wage slavery, Proletarian internationalism Compare : Plebs
George Orwell
In George Orwell's famous novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, those not directly associated with The Party (either the "Inner Party" of rulers or the "Outer Party" of bureaucrats) were referred to as proles. To Orwell, this novel is a critique of Russia as it existed under Stalin, as well as a warning on the effect of trading freedom for security in future societies. George Orwell himself was a libertarian socialist, and argued that although the government of the Soviet Union claimed to be Marxist, the distinct class divide between bureaucrats and workers and the actual lack of democracy meant that it had no resemblance to the Marxist vision of socialism or communism.
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