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Imagine a place where everyone owned everything. A place where all were equal, and everyone had a say in what was to happen. Now imagine this not as a place but as an idea. This is the idea of communism. An idea that in it’s core is very just and fair. It takes all the combined labor of a group of people and distributes the work, and wealth this labor creates equally among the people. But it is also an idea that may never come to pass.

Now, how much would you charge me for a ride to New York? How much to build me a new house? Or design me a new jet? Or make me a sandwich? How much is your labor worth to you? At what cost will sell it to others; so they can take it and make money from it? Now that you are thinking about how much you are worth. Know that the more you work, or the smarter you are, or the better ideas you have makes you more valuable. This is the idea of capitalism. Adding only that the there is little or no interference from the state.

Now if we were to take some of the finer ideas from these two political systems, and combine them together; you would create socialism. This is when you have a political system that is ran by the people, for the people. But it is monitored by a governing agency to ensure that the ideas of this system are being upheld.

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