Socialism allows for both public and private ownership, individual freedoms, and democratic decision-making, while still aiming for social equality. Communism, in contrast, tends to involve total state control and often limits personal freedoms.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Both Capitalism and Socialism have room for public and private ownership, the difference is which sector controls the state, large firms, and key industries. The Nordic Countries are dominated by Private Capital, ie it is Capitalist, while the PRC is dominated by Public Ownership, ie it is Socialist.

Communism limits the personal freedoms of the bourgeoisie. All Communism is, is a more developed and global form of Socialism, where the small firms that once were private have all grown into the public sector or collapsed.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Tell me you've never read anything about communism that wasn't written by anti-communists without telling me you've never read anything about communism that wasn't written by anti-communists.

[–] Lightor@lemmy.world -2 points 4 days ago

Jesus what a mess of a sentence. You really tried to hamfist that one in there.

[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

All this things sound great, we just need humanity to not be shitty to each other.