The Difference Between Socialism, Communism, and Marxism Explained by a Marxist

Ever wondered what the actual difference between socialism and communism were? Well wonder no longer!

[theinternetpolice]

"Capitalism is when lots of iphone. Socialism is when some iphone. Communism is when no iphone."
-Karl Marx, 1960

[foleygee]

the more i learn the less i understand

[tripreporterofficial]

Props to the guy who made this when he pronounced the full nazi name in german without breaking a sweat

[hunterluxton]

I'm a retired law teacher. I never taught politics, but your video here was simple clear and the graphics were fantastic. I learned a lot. Thank you. ❤

[padrick]

The difference in these terms should be taught in schools, especially the US

[josephcross]

Sweden called, they said to stop calling them socialists.

[mylesjordan]

Interesting that, during the Civil War, Horace Greeley’s New York Herald Tribune employed Karl Marx as a contributor. Paradoxically, Dr. Marx apparently found solid common ground with a prominent Republican(!) politician espousing Marx’s view that labor held greater value than capital in building or rebuilding a nation. The politician’s name was Abraham Lincoln.

[element]

Funnily enough, "social democrat" used to be a catch-all term for Marxists. Marx, Engels, and Lenin before the second Russian revolution, all occasionally called themselves social democrats, after the Social Democratic Party of Germany which Marx helped to create in 1875.

[aleksandarmarkovic]

I’m so glad you mentioned Star Trek under communism, I feel like I’m the only one who sees it sometimes

[Wadosan]

Oh boy do I love watching neutral and informative political content on the internet! I sure hope nothing wacky and uncharacteristic takes place in the comments section.

[Fomites]

Thanks for the video. If you do make another video about this topic, can I suggest some more practical examples? Cheers :-)

[Pro_K.R.]

9:44 That's an awesome way to visualize it all! I wouldn't know where to start on making a chart like that

[lloydonix]

maybe the real communism was the friends we made along the way

[seanbarber]

Unfortunately, 'socialist' and 'socialism' have become political buzz words in the US, used without any real meaning behind them.

[vesnabarilar]

Bravo! Since I was Born and educated in a country that named itself a socialist (ones was called Jugoslavija) I listened a lot of political sciense courses with an emphasis on marxism, so I consider myself not completely uninformed on these topics. Nevertheless, I have rarely come across on explanation so concise and accurate as in these short presentation.

[donnielansing-mqdl]

The real problem with defining socialism is that you begin well after several assumptions are made about human interaction. This creates a sense that each individual category of socialism is itself of a similar complexity to much more broad terms like capitalism. In a practical sense this results in a method of goalpost and retreat when collectivism is addressed at a fundamental level.

[omaremad]

“Stop quoting stuff i most definitely didn’t say”
~ Karl Marx - 1950 or sth

[anarchistjesus]

"Anarchists and Marxists can often get along to achieve a common goal"

*laughs in leftist infighting*

[WillySalami]

You could've have mentioned something like the fact that there are fascistic movements (like NazBols or Strasserrists) who, unlike most Fascisms that are capitalist, are Socialist, further showing the quantity of ideologies possible.

[ScaryJeri]

this is one of the best, and clearest videos i’ve watched on this topic to-date.