Communism
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Communism | a political and economic system in which all wealth and property are shared to eliminate exploitation, oppression, and the need for political institutions |
| Socialism | an economic system favoring collective and government ownership over individual ownership |
| Karl Marx | creator of communist ideals centered around the conflict between the bourgeoisie and proletariat which could only be solved with equal distribution of labor, goods, and wealth |
| Bourgeoisie | the ruling group that is in charge of managing the businesses, changing production methods, trying to make sure that production of goods meets the demands of the goods being produced, created a centralized government |
| Proletariat | the working class that is charge of executing the orders of the bourgeoisie, in charge of producing the goods, in charge of keeping production quotas set by the ruling class, citizens of the centralized government |
| Labor theory of value | the value invested in any human-made good that can be used by another individual. |
| Base | the economic system of a society, made up of technology,the means of production, and class relations between people,the relations of production, |
| Exploitation | when one person or group extracts the surplus value from another |
| False consciousness | failure to understand the nature of one's exploitation; essentially "buying into" the superstructure |
| Superstructure | all noneconomic relations in a society for example, religion, culture, national identity These ideas and values derive from the base and serve to legitimize the current system of exploitation |
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