Whats the difference between Marxism and communism?
Marxism is basically a system of analysis, and a way to view the world. Communism, on the other hand, is basically a political movement, a form of government, a condition of society. All “isms” are not created equal, some do indeed describe consciously created sets of ideas or ideology – for instance “Marxism” refers to the politics and philosophy deriving from the work of Karl Marx. A “Marxist” can be measured up to the ideas of Marx. Other examples of deliberately created ideologies include: Zionism, Fascism, Nazism, Postitivism. Communism in the west usually means the political application of the ideas of Karl Marx. Marxist socialism is, in theory, what was being practiced by all of the countries that we call “Communist”. The objective of Marxist socialism is to use the State to prepare society for communism by communalizing all of the productive forces of the society, i.e. by making all of the means of production public property. The policies and procedures of the Soviet Union were
