What is the different between Socialism and Communism land Facism ?

[Momo]

What is the different between Socialism and Communism land Facism ?

also what does it mean to be Liberal ?
thanks.

[augusts.child]

There are not a whole lot of differences. What does being liberal mean? I would imagine it means being bitter and hastle.

[MarkH]

Communists and Socialists believe in social and economic equality.

A Fascist believes that certain groups are naturally superior to others based on nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, social class, race, etc, etc. They do not believe in equality.

A liberal believes in a regulated capitalist system with laws and programs to help the little guy work his way up and to protect the people from corporate fraud, labor abuse, pollution, etc.

[Try to Relax]

As I understand it, socialism simply replaces capitalism, with the government owning all industries. The government controls the economy. In a communist society, private ownership is abolished; you can't "own" anything, everything is distributed equally and there are no classes. Even the clothes you wear are "public property." This is not true under a socialist economic system, where you can still buy something and own it, even though you bought it from the government.

Facism has nothing to do with economics, it's a heirarchial system of government usually with a dictator at the top. Whereas socialism and communism are in opposition to capitalism, fascism is in opposition to democracy. Thus, in theory, fascism and capitalism can coexist, just as socialism and communism can coexist with democracy.

Liberalism can mean different things in different contexts. What is liberal to most Americans might be moderate or center-right to a European.

[ThumperDoodle]

Socialism and communism are ideological doctrines that have many similarities as well as many differences. It is difficult to discern the true differences between socialism and communism, as various societies have tried different types of both systems in myriad forms, and many ideologues with different agendas have defined both systems in biased terms. Some main differences, however, can still be identified.

One difference between socialism and communism is that socialism is mainly an economic system, while communism is both an economic and a political system. As an economic system, socialism seeks to manage the economy through deliberate and collective social control. Communism, however, seeks to manage both the economy and the society by ensuring that property is owned collectively and that control over the distribution of property is centralized in order to achieve both classlessness and statelessness. Both socialism and communism are similar in that they seek to prevent the ill effects that are sometimes produced by capitalism.

Both socialism and communism are based on the principle that the goods and services produced in an economy should be owned publicly and controlled and planned by a centralized organization. However, socialism asserts that the distribution should take place according to the amount of individuals’ production efforts, while communism asserts that that goods and services should be distributed among the populace according to individuals’ needs.

Another difference between socialism and communism is that communists assert that both capitalism and private ownership of means of production must be done away with as soon as possible in order to make sure a classless society, the communist ideal, is formed. Socialists, however, see capitalism as a possible part of the ideal state and believe that socialism can exist in a capitalist society. In fact, one of the ideas of socialism is that everyone within the society will benefit from capitalism as much as possible as long as the capitalism is controlled somehow by a centralized planning system.

Finally, another difference between socialism and communism is centered on who controls the structure of economy. Where socialism generally aims to have as many people as possible influence how the economy works, communism seeks to concentrate that number into a smaller amount.

Both communism and fascism are types of authoritarian rule, where the interests and freedoms of the individual are subordinated to those of the state, and quite frequently a powerful leader. Secondly, in many cases both fascist and communist rule are bolstered by a highly powerful military apparatus, as a way to stifle opposition. Thirdly, both types of government are statist, in that the central government has some degree of control over the economic means of production (as opposed to, say a free market, or laissez-faire economy as in the US), and also oftentimes social policy.