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communism

vr.tr.communism · XCT.STA

Let an agent describe communism neutrally and accurately, separating theory, movements and states, and presenting historical records and debates fairly.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent describe communism neutrally and accurately, separating theory, movements and states, and presenting historical records and debates fairly.

A political and economic ideology and movement advocating a classless society with common ownership of the means of production, associated with Marx and Engels, and the name of the ruling ideology of several twentieth- and twenty-first-century states.

What it is for: Communism shaped parties, revolutions, states and the Cold War.

It can be study its theory and history; compare strands and states; examine historical records; debate its claims.

Distinguishing features

Aims at classless, stateless society in theory

Many strands and states

Historical records include large-scale repression in several states

A strand of socialism

What it looks like

Parties, texts, symbols and state systems.

How it is recognised

Party names and programmes

Strands such as Eurocommunism or Titoism

States governed by communist parties

Related models

is a kind of - family of ideologies

socialism

is advanced by - actors

party and movement

is opposed to - contrast

capitalism

is studied by - disciplines

history and social science

In practice

Families and kinds

Marxism and Marxism-Leninism

Eurocommunism

Titoism and other national variants

Marxist humanism

libertarian and council communism

Standards and regulation

Freedom of association and expression

Laws on memory of totalitarian regimes in some countries

Failure modes and hazards

Partisan description

Conflating theory and state practice without explanation

Minimising or exaggerating historical records without sources

Also called

Marxist humanismTitoismrevisionismEurocommunismcommunist terrorismMarxismlibertarian Marxismbolshevismreligious communismleft communismcrypto-communismMarxism–Leninism–Maoismanarcho-communismscientific communismneocommunismproto-communismDeng Xiaoping TheoryComunismo a la ticaSoviet CommunismTaistoismGoulash CommunismBudapest SchoolNeo-MarxismMenshevismmarxism and the national questionLiberal Marxismpost-MarxismLeninismMarxism–LeninismRevolutionary Marxismanalytical MarxismCentrist Marxisminstrumental MarxismMarxist international relations theoryopen MarxismMarxism in CataloniaWestern MarxismOrthodox MarxismWorkerismbordigism

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Theory Core ideas.

Theory defines the ideology.

Ideas

Principles.

Principles

Core principles.

  1. What are its core ideas? definition
  2. Which texts are central? provenance

Strands

Varieties.

Strands

Strands.

  1. Which strand is meant? definition
  2. How does it differ from others? boundary
History Movements and states.

History must be sourced.

States

Communist-led states.

States

State histories.

  1. Which states were governed by communist parties, and when? provenance
  2. What do historians record about their policies and outcomes? provenance

Movements

Parties.

Movements

Parties and movements.

  1. Which parties and movements advanced it? provenance
  2. How did they differ? definition
Debate Arguments.

Present arguments fairly.

Arguments

For and against.

Arguments

Arguments.

  1. What are the main arguments for and against? provenance
  2. Which are empirical, which normative? boundary

Historical records

Evidence.

Records

Evidence.

  1. What does the historical evidence show, from reliable sources? provenance
  2. Where do historians disagree? boundary
Handling Neutrality.

Political topics need balance.

Neutrality

Balanced wording.

Neutrality

Balanced description.

  1. Is the description balanced and attributed? boundary
  2. Are labels used accurately? boundary

Sensitivity

Victims and memory.

Sensitivity

Respect for victims.

  1. Is the history of repression described accurately and respectfully? boundary
  2. Which sources document it? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should strands be separate entries?
  • How should states and theory be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases such as communist terrorism; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON