Definitions
1. Communism is a sociopolitical movement that aims for a classless and stateless society structured upon common ownership of the means of production, free access to articles of consumption, and the end of wage labor and private property in the means of production and real estate. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism)
2. A planned economical system in which government owns all means of production and all people work for government-owned and government-run enterprises.
Explanation:
So pretty much its a system where the government owns everything, and everyone gets paid the same =].
Metaphor:
Communism is like the Smurfs. They all look and dress the same, except one who has a beard and dressed in Red, who would be the government.
The hub for Mr. Friesen's social studies stuff on Grade 10 Globalization
It is important to remember that the father of communism is considered to be Karl Marx who witnessed the horrible working conditions of factor labourers. He also noticed how wealth was still ending up in the hands of the Aristocracy who cared very little for the conditions of the poor.
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