communism

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We can argue about whether communism is a left wing or right wing ideology, but the simple matter of fact is that the word "liberal" isn't even stated in the article, and the ideology is not currently being proposed by liberals.

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  1. noun A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.
  2. noun A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.
  3. noun The Marxist-Leninist version of Communist doctrine that advocates the overthrow of capitalism by the revolution of the proletariat.

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  • Many people have laid down their lives for communism, and many have laid down their lives for capitalism. —  Dan Dennett on dangerous memes
  • These Asiatic pupils of integral communism, and the political commissars standing at their backs, are destined to force Germany, and the whole world with her, to abandon the comfortable belief that communism is a political creed like so many others. —  THE BANTAM WAR BOOK SERIES
  • I don't know whether or not he's an actual card carrying commie, but he's definitely an America-hating, anti-capitalist Marxist leftist who thinks communism is the way to go. —  Blog entry
  • Since the fall of communism, the Brussels-based NATO has had no real reason to exist. —  Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
  • The elimination of the bourgeoisie as a class marks the transformation of socialism into early-stage communism, and ends the exploiting-by-ruling economic class struggle. —  The Barefoot Bum
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  1. French communisme, from commun, common, from Old French, from Latin commūnis; see commune2.
 

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