Feudalism vs. Communism

Feudalismnoun

A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion.

Communismnoun

Any political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively.

Feudalismnoun

The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the king or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages.

Communismnoun

Any political social system that implements a communist political philosophy.

Feudalismnoun

the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th C; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war

Communismnoun

The international socialist society where classes, money, and the state no longer exist.

Feudalism

Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was the combination of the legal, economic, military, and cultural customs that flourished in Medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structuring society around relationships that were derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labor.

Communismnoun

A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life; specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of inequalities in the possession of property, as by distributing all wealth equally to all, or by holding all wealth in common for the equal use and advantage of all.

Communismnoun

a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership

Communismnoun

a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society

Communism

Communism (from Latin communis, 'common, universal') is a philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of a communist society, namely a socioeconomic order structured upon the ideas of common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money, and, in some cases, the state. As such, communism is a specific form of socialism.