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Socialist Terminology!

I'm aware that this sub has a lot of different leftists on here, some more radical than others. Because of this I've decided to make a post about basic terminology. Yes they're not perfect and I'm missing out a lot of stuff, but this is supposed to be the basics. Socialist – Someone who advocates for an economic system with a government where goods are distributed according to need, and the means of production are owned in common. Communist – Someone who advocates for a stateless moneyless society. Anarchist – Someone who advocates communism with no transition phase. Marxist – Someone who advocates for communism with a transitionary phase called socialism. Marxist-Leninist – Someone who advocates for a strong vanguard party to lead a worker's revolution. This party will then assume total control. Democratic Socialist – Someone who advocates for a democratic socialist state, often without the aim of transitioning…


I'm aware that this sub has a lot of different leftists on here, some more radical than others. Because of this I've decided to make a post about basic terminology. Yes they're not perfect and I'm missing out a lot of stuff, but this is supposed to be the basics.

Socialist – Someone who advocates for an economic system with a government where goods are distributed according to need, and the means of production are owned in common.

Communist – Someone who advocates for a stateless moneyless society.

Anarchist – Someone who advocates communism with no transition phase.

Marxist – Someone who advocates for communism with a transitionary phase called socialism.

Marxist-Leninist – Someone who advocates for a strong vanguard party to lead a worker's revolution. This party will then assume total control.

Democratic Socialist – Someone who advocates for a democratic socialist state, often without the aim of transitioning to communism.

Social Democrat – Someone who advocates for a capitalist style system with high taxation and redistribution via government services.

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