Communism vs Capitalism

Most people work for the government

• Communism

• Capitalism

You can work for WHOEVER you want

• Communism

• Capitalism

Individuals can own businesses

• Communism

• Capitalism

"Government should not interfere in relations between workers and business owners."

• Communism

• Capitalism

“. . . They [the Communists] openly declare that their ends can be attained [achieved] only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries, unite!” — Friederich Engels and Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto, 1848

• Communism

• Capitalism

"Leave it alone" "Let go" "hands of Government"

• Communism

• Capitalism

________ argued for Communism in The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital

• Adam Smith

• Karl Marx

• Josef Stalin

• Vladimir Lenin

The term used for the working class, often used when describing the theories of Karl Marx

• Serfs

• Second Estate

• Bourgeoisie

• Proletariat

In ___________, the government/people as a group own all property and the means of production. Goods and services are shared equally.

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Communism

• Mercantilism

There are social classes

• Communism

• Capitalism