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communism

vr.tr.communism · thing-q6186

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

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.STA
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Theory Core ideas.

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.

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.

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.

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

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Cross-cutting context
Entry kind
thing
Plane
XCT
Domain
XCT.STA
Other names and narrower kinds
Marxist humanism, Titoism, revisionism, Eurocommunism, communist terrorism, Marxism, libertarian Marxism, bolshevism, religious communism, left communism, crypto-communism, Marxism–Leninism–Maoism

What it is Filled

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.

Why it exists Filled

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

Distinguishing features Filled

  • 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 robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Present one partisan view of communism as neutral fact.
  • Label a person as communist without evidence.
  • Produce propaganda for or against it presented as neutral information.
  • Deny or minimise documented mass atrocities, or glorify them.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing analysis of a named person's political beliefs.

May

  • Explain communism, its theories and history from a range of reliable sources.
  • Distinguish the ideology from the record of particular states and parties.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Political labels have been used to persecute people; attributing them carelessly can endanger someone.
  • Its history includes both movements for equality and state repression; balanced accounts respect victims.

Who is affected

  • People labelled by ideology
  • Victims of political repression and their descendants
  • Readers and students

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody: an ideology held by its adherents.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q7272 - registry parent class

related

  • socialism - family of ideologies
  • party and movement - actors
  • capitalism - contrast
  • history and social science - disciplines

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.communism
  • Wikidata: Q6186 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6186)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Party names and programmes
  • Strands such as Eurocommunism or Titoism
  • States governed by communist parties
  • Parties, texts, symbols and state systems.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • study its theory and history
  • compare strands and states
  • examine historical records
  • debate its claims

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Partisan description
  • Conflating theory and state practice without explanation
  • Minimising or exaggerating historical records without sources

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Freedom of association and expression
  • Laws on memory of totalitarian regimes in some countries

Context of use required Filled

  • Communism shaped parties, revolutions, states and the Cold War.
  • Marxism and Marxism-Leninism
  • Eurocommunism
  • Titoism and other national variants
  • Marxist humanism
  • libertarian and council communism

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q6186: communism - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Communism - general description of the item

Open questions

  • 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?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q6186/spec.json