What is the difference between communist and fascist

Private Property Abolished. The concept of property is negated and replaced with the concept of commons and ownership with "usership". Nominally permitted. Contingent upon service, obedience, or usefulness to the State. Definition International theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, with actual ownership ascribed to the community or state. Rejection of free markets and extreme distrust of Capitalism in any form.

An extremely nationalistic, authoritarian state usually led by one person at the head of one party. No democratic election of representatives. No free market. No individualism or individual glory. The State controls of the press and all other media. Economic Coordination Economic planning coordinates all decisions regarding investment, production and resource allocation.

Planning is done in terms of physical units instead of money. Businesses are nominally privately owned; the State dictates outputs and investments. Planning is based on projected labor output rather than money. Social Structure All class distinctions are eliminated. A society in which everyone is both the owners of the means of production and their own employees. Strict class structure believed necessary to prevent chaos Italian Fascist.

All class distinctions are eliminated German Nazi. Italian Fascism was not racist in doctrine originally. Religion Abolished - all religious and metaphysics is rejected. Fascism is a civic religion: citizens worship the state through nationalism. Ownership Structure The means of production are commonly-owned, meaning no entity or individual owns productive property.

Importance is ascribed to "usership" over "ownership". The means of production are nominally privately owned but directed by the State. Private ownership of business is contingent upon submission to the direction and interests of the State. Free Choice Either the collective "vote" or the state's rulers make economic and political decisions for everyone else.

In practice, rallies, force, propaganda etc. The individual is considered meaningless; they must submit to the decisions of the leadership. Economic System The means of production are held in common, negating the concept of ownership in capital goods.

Production is organized to provide for human needs directly without any use for money. Communism is predicated upon a condition of material abundance.

Autarky national self-sufficiency. Keynesian mostly. Large public works, deficit spending. Anti trade union and syndicalism. Strongly against international financial markets and usury.

Way of Change Government in a Communist-state is the agent of change rather than any market or desire on the part of consumers. Change by government can be swift or slow, depending on change in ideology or even whim.

Government in a fascist state is the agent of change rather than any market or desire on the part of consumers. Change by government can be swift or slow, depending on a change in labor output or even at the whim of the dictator. Discrimination In theory, all members of the state are considered equal to one another.

Belief in one superior race Nazism. Mental or physical handicaps. Mental illness. Jews Nazi. Means of control Theoretically there is no state control. Fascism employs direct force secret police, government intimidation, concentration camps, and murder , propaganda enabled by State-directed, heavily-censored media , rallies, etc. Examples Ideally, there is no leader; the people govern directly.

This has never been actually practiced, and has just used a one-party system. Fascist governments are generally headed by one person: a dictator. This is not an aberration of doctrine, in fact it is an important component of it. Earliest Remnants Theorized by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels in the midth century as an alternative to capitalism and feudalism, communism was not tried out until after the revolution in Russia in the early s. The Roman Empire, which could be argued was a fascist entity.

The earliest fascist theories were based on examples left behind by the Roman Empire. View of the world Communism is an international movement; Communists in one country see themselves in solidarity with Communists in other countries. Communists distrust Nationalistic nations and leaders.

Communists strongly distrust "big business. Fascists distrust internationalism and rarely abide by international agreements. Fascists do not believe in the concept of international law. There are presently no openly fascist governments in existence. View of war Communists believe that war is good for the economy by spurring production, but should be avoided. War is good for the morale of the nation and therefore good for the State. Through the conquest of war, the State can attain glory.

The Nation State is bolstered through subjugation of inferior nations. War has no negative effect on the economy. Term coined by Mussolini in the s when he gained control of Italy. What are Communism and Fascism? Communist Philosophy Communism can be traced back to Thomas More , a prominent English Catholic who wrote about a society based around common ownership of property in Utopia in Fascist Philosophy Fascism is based around the glory of the nation state.

Social Structure and Class Hierarchies Communists inspired by The Communist Manifesto believe class hierarchies must be abolished by the state seizing control of private property and industry, thereby abolishing the capitalist class. Political System Both fascism and communism are against the democratic process but with some differences.

No American leftist is apart from this even though they will argue they are not. They will call the defenders of traditional American principles of government fascists for our resolve to preserve the republic. They are prone to believe every lie their party feeds them through the socialist press. Which in fairness happens on the right to some degree as well.. Colorado Dave! An excellent post. The Marxism of today really is essentially a rehash of the age of Monarchism.

Old concept in new clothes. Look at the Dynastic regimes of Cuba and North Korea, for starters. And the nationalism of today really is bountiful. Trump, Putin and May are manipulators and opportunists who deface democracy, not unlike anything we have seen in the past with the rise of totalitarian governments. The illusion of nationalism will not be tolerated. By the left or right that has any common sense. I love this irony, the liberals are now advocating for globalization and the neoreactionaries are advocating for a more nationalistic system.

The world in of itself and our lives with in it is a cruel joke at times. After all, Mussolini kept the trains running on time in the midst of a revolution.

Fabian socialist came from Germany , when Hitler came to power the ran like chickens to america.. Progressives lost control I believe, when Bill Clinton said this is a BIG fairy tale about Obama that is what i believe he was talking about. Most of the world hates our success! They should leave this country willingly or be expelled. There is a reason why so many people are willing to risk everything to be able to live in USA and for good reason.

Unfortunately, these people who do not agree with what this country stands for, are the problem today, starting with Obama. Their ideologies go along the lines of fascism, communism and socialism. Remember that both Communism and Fascism have a common thread, they are both totaliterian in essense and the very freedoms that we as people have no longer exist.

So in reality they create a form of servitude and are a hidden form of dictatorship. No person who respects and wants their rights protected could ever live under such systems.

They are by definition un-American. Nothing wrong with opinions and preferences. The problem with ALL forms of government and ideologies is that they are implemented and operated by fallible human beings. The ideas are great and each has its own points of merit. The human translation into reality is what always gets messed up. There has been an incredible variety of government and economic systems throughout history; obviously none has been perfect.

Enough diversity of systems still exists, however, that it should be possible for a person who wants to live under a different form of government to go someplace else and try it out rather than insist on changing the system they currently live within. I say, Embrace Diversity! Enjoy being different and stop trying to make everyone and every country think and act and desire the same.

The biggest mistake is to think everyone wants the same things. KJ your comment is spot on! Also, why so much attack against communism in these posts while leaving out fascism? At least communism is based ultimately on compassion, whereas fascism is just straight-out greed. How compassionate has any communist country ever been, starting with Russia?

Nonsense, nonsense, nonsense. Communism and fascism very often turn out to be nearly identical twins, be it Stalin, Mao or Kim Il Sung. Since Fascism has largely embraced Leftist economic philosophies, I find it hard to understand how you say it is based in greed, any more than any other economic socialism, including communism. It just goes to show that you are brainwashed Leftist tool who has been trained Pavlov-style to salivate and howl at the thought of capitalism.

In your mind, individual economic freedom is fascism. Its just controlled slavery. The thing about Communism is it looks good on paper. Capitalism looks good on paper too. And that folks is Capitalisms driving agenda! Capitalism is Communism served with a smile while reaming Us at the same time. Sound Familiar? Seems to me. As our fears become their greatest asset to a means to an end.!!

Eventually, Capitalism will fail just as every form of government will and has. History proves it to be so….. Every time! Ask the Russians that had to eat their kids because they were starving under the iron heel of communism.

Sounds pretty fun huh? Horray Communism! If communism so great, how come you never hear about people leaving the US or Europe to flock to communist countries? But if those in communist countries try to leave, they are shot…so much for choices…. Be thankful that at least you get to whine about your opinions freely. Communism is about community as a whole as it is defined, but again Fidel took the idea of communism and decided he wanted Cuba to be a fascist state with socialist ideas mixed in as well.

I believe every country deserves human rights, and freedom, but not the illusion of freedom that America offers. Nobody really knows true freedom in America, except for prisoners. America should test out dissolving the government, and trying out a different ideaology, which is why I would like to see Bernie Samdwrs in office, even though my real vote would be for Rand Paul had he not dropped out.

Be honest Americans, you would really rather see Donald Trump in office? Open to having a nice, mature debate. American or not, America still is a free country , so those that love Communism are minorities. They claim they want communism, but want to live in USA. Theories and reality are totally different. The same can be said of Libertarianism or conservatism.

Libertarians want no government right? America is increasingly fascist with a little socialist welfare cookie being thrown to the growing poor while the fascist plutocrats, right and left, make us slave increasingly hard for less and less. Eventually the society will collapse because no one gets paid enough to bring in significant tax revenue except for the fascist plutocrats.

No, fascism is primarily a left wing ideology. Despite whatever Leftist talking points you want to pull out. The American right wing is based on classic liberalism; limited federal government, laissez faire free market economics and maximum power to the states and the people. But, like a typical Leftist, I notice you leave out all hope for goodness absent that all powerful federal government. Despite the fact that you readily admit the abuses of an all powerful government. America worked just fine until the Left took over in the 60s.

Of course you see America as becoming more fascist. Au Contraire… it is the left that is on the ascendancy. And with it… fascism. You do not understand Libertarianism at all….

It is, I believe, what our founding fathers had in mind for the US. If someone wants to do something, individually or corporately that impinges on others freedoms, then it would not be allowed or would need to be modified for the sake of your neighbor. Libertarians seek to insure individual freedom and are high on personal responsibility and governing on a much more local level, which has shown to be much more fair and effective. Think of how things are in a small town.

People know you, you know them and there is a sense of community and familiarity that self regulates a lot of behavior. Jut because you are an American, you are against American values, and since you like communism, make yourself and us Americans happy and find yourself the ideal place to live, since you are not happy here.

Today, US America is as fascist as it gets. Look up one in Minnesota. Now go back to your castle, do your homework and come up with a True Democracy. STEP 1: get rid of money and greed, fix the corporate corrupt system, then put back the money United States Notes and the free market back in place, review and rewrite some laws and start from scratch again.

Where have you been? On Mars? They are moldy conspiracy theories. It was conceived as a nation where control was primarily in the state and local level, with each state having three branches of government that were mirrored at the federal level. The United States was based on Judeo-Christian concepts passed down through the history of England and Western Civilization as a whole, and modified with Enlightenment era ideas of individual liberty and equality.

America might seem fascist to an amateur like you. However, it is anything BUT fascist at the moment. The fascism comes later, when the left has erased all political opposition, and needs to marshall human capital to begin serving the needs of the state. The fascism comes after the economic collapse, when the masses need to be given 1 an enemy to blame everything on and 2 a new revolutionary purpose and 3 material security rooted in state-approved efforts.

A certain group of people might disagree with you. You two sound like a commie and a fascist going at each other throats. Please reference whatever post you are speaking about as regards the southern states and fascism. You can forget about me being either communist or fascist. I adamently oppose either of these Left Wing philosophies.

I am a classic liberal in the American sense, thus an American conservative, believing in limited federal government with maximum power to the states and citizenry. USA is as fascist as it gets…. The Boston Marathon was a staged event. Well the Tea Party is very Fascist oriented in my opinion.

Human over Civil over Business rights. Private Online Votes. Your article is based around what you want these to be. Joseph Stalin was responsible for over million lives. Communism has carried its course, and now you see the people in this country who call themselves communists are the most violent and hateful of all. This article is complete garbage! I love how every single one of these articles that I have looked at are low-key sympathetic to Communism.

Communism is a lie. A tragic lie that has killed more people than fascism ever did or could. Communism propaganda might SAY that everyone is equal and there is no class distinction, but that is only in the books.

In reality, Communism has TWO classes. The elite and everyone else. The elite still live like Capitalists. THEY do not share their wealth or resources with the community unless it is for propagandistic purposes. Otherwise, they may as well be American oligarchs. Communism is designed to keep the poor poor. Capitalism is the only system in which you can actually change your status in society. Fascism may be bad, but due to the fact that it does not engage in pretty lies like Communism, people do not want it and thus it simply has not had the opportunity to do the amount of damage that Communism has done.

Plus, at least in Fascism, if you are the right group, you can live a pretty much normal life and participate in the economy in a way that can uplift you and yours because Fascism IS usually Capitalist.

Yes, Mussolini killed people, but not millions in a systematic killing program. Meanwhile, Stalin killed more than Hitler between his army and the Ukraine alone. China has killed and continues to kill people to this day. I hate how people just throw out BOTH usually for their political opponents. All three have the same major faults ,they all rely on dictatorial leadership ,central planning despots, and a police state to control the masses.

And all are the enemy of freedom. Communism enables the people to rule their land through democracy! Why would anyone vote for oppression? I have a feeling you have no familiarity with freedom individualism or sovereignty. Or you have no ability to under stand the difference between these American values and the collectivist, totalitarianism of communism. It is sad that you have no ability to distinguish between freedom or slavery.

You are naive. Consider this, communism is the tactic, facism the result. The new world order is international communism bringing the world together under one government where individual private property will be owned by a few international corporate family elites. The international army will be facist and no individual country armies will be allowed to exist. Unless we stop it of course but we had better get going or the state police will become the international police state.

There will also be one religion only alowed. In Communism, the state owns everything outright; in Fascism, a thin veneer of private ownership is maintained while the state exercises absolute control over industry. So here the difference between Communism and Fascism, which are both state socialistic governments, is that Communism is complete state ownership, while Fascism is complete state control. State ownership in communism only happens in the short term because in the long run states will not exist.

Yeah, to me… Communism is an economic concept and Fascism is a method of enforcement. Thus, Fascism is necessary in enforcing Communism. No, humans are NOT naturally collectivist in the sense that political systems are collectivist. Collectivist political systems FORCE humans into social contracts with each other that they would not otherwise make. Forced collectivism is the essence of totalitarianism. Its funny how people who live in a Democratic country like America and enjoy all this freedom and liberty, say they dislike Capitalism and love communism.

These Michael Moore types should move to communist Cuba and then tell me if you really like having all your rights and property stripped away from you. Capitalism is the best path to prosperity. Some people should leave America,definitely no love lost,if you crave tyrrany and oppression go for it ,but keep the satanistic lust for it out of my country!

If there is a will there is a way. No problem. There are no hobos because those who refuse to work are freely handed everything they without lifting a finger. I like ur comment that, think that fascism and communism are equally stupid different ideologies,. A contitutional republic based on Libertarian principals and supported by a libertarian society would be. Basically, free market capitalism and the freedom to act according to your own will provided that you dont interfer with others doing the same.

The maximum possible freedom for the individual and hence the entire community as a whole, as only individuals comprise of the community. It is important that people do not confuse capitalism free markets, private ownership, competition with corporatism private ownership, progressivly monopolised, special allowances for corporations. This must be the most misunderstood item of the current era.

We need strong checks and balances on corporations to keep them from abusing the country that helps them flourish. Fascism is the union of the corporate world and a top heavy central government Communism and fascism are both socialist factions.

The free market does not lead to fascism, only government regulation and legislation leads to fascism or the corporate state. GE pays 10 million dollars a day for defying regulations they lobbied to put in place.

A monopoly can only exist through government regulation in a society based on law. Mussolini coined the term, defined it, and he was a full fledged communist party member. While communism is a form of socialism, the two government systems are quite different in practice. Socialism can co-exist with capitalism, unlike communism, and does in most modern democracies known as democratic socialism. The term socialism comes from the Latin sociare and the French social , meaning "to share.

The movement gained popularity with Marx's work in sociology and economics, and there are several examples of socialism found in 19th, 20th, and 21st-century politics. The clearest way to see the differences between communism and socialism are in their philosophies. Some of the main principles of socialism include:. The difference between fascism vs. But fascism, communism and socialism are only three types of government in the world.

To contrast these types of government, learn more about how limited government functions , as well as its key principles and global examples. You might also want to understand some related terms like historic vs. All rights reserved.

Home Examples Fascism vs. Communism vs. Socialism: Differences Explained Fascism vs. Socialism: Differences Explained. What Is Fascism? Principles of Fascism When you call someone a fascist, you're commenting on their oppressive nature.

The principles of fascism include: Anti-Neutralism - Fascists do not believe in seeing "both sides" or staying neutral; you're either with them or against them. Anti-Union - Labor unions are illegal in fascist nations, and are replaced by government-controlled labor organizations. Autarky economic self-sufficiency - Fascist countries reject both economic socialism and the free market of capitalism and prefer to be completely self-sufficient without relying on other nations.

Economic Regulation - The government controls economic activity. It allows private profit — as long as that profit benefits the state. Far-Right Ideology - Fascism falls on the far right side of the political spectrum, favoring racial purity, religious fundamentalism and limited personal freedom. Nationalism - Citizens must put the country before their own interests, and the nation puts its own needs before all other nations.

Social Hierarchy - Those in a fascist nation don't believe in equality. They believe that class conflict is important to maintaining order in the nation. Strength - Fascist governments are militaristic, and they use violence and brutality to demonstrate their strength on the world stage. Victimhood - The country sees itself as a victim of other nations' cruelty.