1. Socialism defined
“An ideology arguing that citizens are best served by policies focused on meeting the basic needs of the entire society rather than on serving the needs of individuals as individuals.”

2. Socialism’s principles
Egalitarianism or equality.  Humankind will be unified and cooperative, once wealth is owned and used for the common good. Capitalism exploits the very people who create society’s wealth.
Moralism. Division of rich & poor is evil; capitalism is fundamentally unjust. Instead, the ideal future emphasizes peace, social justice and true liberty for all. 

3. The Communist Manifesto (1848)By
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

4. Karl Marx, “father of modern Communism”
Marx argued:
History is shaped by economics alone.
History is a series of class struggles.
Different classes emerge and oppress each other.
Capitalism will destroy itself.
A revolution of workers is necessary.

5. “Dialectical Materialism”
“Dialectical”: This denotes that the basis of society is conflict. Marx identified that conflict as class conflict that established by property.
“Materialism”: This denotes that there are no spiritual forces, no divine guidance or intervention.

6. History of Class Conflict
Social Production
Division of Labor
Some “Corner the Market”
Class system
BOURGEOISIE
Rulers
Oppressors
PROLETARIAT
Underclass
Oppressed

7. History of Class Conflict
Freeman
Patrician
Lord
Guildmaster
Bourgeoisie
Oppressor
Slave
Plebeian
Serf
Journeyman
Proletariat
Oppressed
Vs.

8. Factories Machines Labor Tools
Forces of Production
Factories Machines Labor Tools
Social Relationships
Of Production
Religion
Philosophy
Religion and Arts
Law
The State
Means of Production
Land Raw Materials Energy

9. What is the Solution to the Continual Cycle of Class Conflict?
“The immediate aim of the Communists is the same as that of all the other proletariat parties: formation of the proletariat into a class, overthrow of the bourgeois supremacy, conquest of political power by the proletariat. [ ]The theory of the Communist may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.” (qtd. in Knoebel 381)

10. Socialism’s similarities with Marxism/Communism
Sees capitalism as exploitive, leading to social injustice and extreme income inequality.
These economic conditions have adverse effects on ordinary working people – in terms of physical health, psychological well-being, housing, education, etc.

11. Socialism’s similarities with Marxism/Communism
Both ask the question: why should those who provide the money (capital) receive all the profits, and those who provide the labor receive none of the profits?
It is labor, after all, that turns raw materials (including cash) into something with greater value.

12. Socialism’s differences from Marxism/Communism
Private property not abolished, but the public should control the use of property and make necessities available to all.
Individual rights not abolished but should complement other important values such as concern for others.
Change can occur through an evolutionary process that uses democratic means.