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communism

a political and economic doctrine that advocates that the state should own all property and organize all the functions of PRODUCTION and EXCHANGE, including LABOUR. Karl MARX succinctly stated his idea of communism as ‘from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs’. Communism involves a CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMY where strategic decisions concerning production and distribution are taken by government as opposed to being determined by the PRICE SYSTEM, as in a market-based PRIVATE ENTERPRISE ECONOMY. China still organizes its economy along communist lines, but in recent years Russia and other former Soviet Union countries and various East European countries have moved away from communism to more market-based economies.
Collins Dictionary of Economics, 4th ed. © C. Pass, B. Lowes, L. Davies 2005
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I spared you yesterday, in MY COMMUNISTS' ROAD; but I warn you, seriously, don't let me catch you there again!
Then you can hide in the lumber-room and you shall see Christine, who will have gone to her dressing-room, delighted to come back by the Communists' road.
However, I resolved to be extremely prudent, and did not make the mistake of returning to the shore of the lake, or of going by the Communists' road.
We were to go by the Communists' road and through the trap-door.
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The vile Laws of Supply and Demand shall find labor scarce in that agricultural district; and pitiless Political Economy shall spend a few extra shillings on the poor, as certainly as I am that Radical, Communist, and Incendiary--Julian Gray!"
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Trust the communists?
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Historian: After 1948, Czechoslovakia was paralysed with fear
The Communists are taking over in Nepal and nobody cares.
Communist takeover in Nepal
The chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist PartyAaAaAeAeAaAeAeA of Russian Federation issued a (http://cprf.ru/2015/04/hands-off-communists-of-ukraine/) statement in defense of the Ukrainian Communists beforeAaAaAeAeAaAeAeA Wednesd ruling, saying that "anti-Communist hysteria continues toAaAaAeAeAaAeAeA swampAaAaAeAeAaAeAeA and "political and judicial pressure on the Communists of Ukraine met the active protest of the world community."
Kiev Court Bans Communist Party Of Ukraine

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