Origin
- Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels
- “The Communist Manifesto” (1848)
Theory
- Class struggle: proletariat vs bourgeoisie
- Abolition of private property
- Collective ownership of means of production
- Stateless, classless society
Historical Implementations
- Soviet Union (Lenin ? Stalin)
- Maoist China
- Eastern Bloc
- Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam
Criticism
- Repression
- Economic inefficiency
- Famine and mass death
- Corruption and stagnation
Variants
- Marxism-Leninism
- Maoism
- Trotskyism
- Eurocommunism