According to the political ideas of Karl Marx communism has
several main characteristics.
Class struggle is a main characteristic of
communism, the existence of a people where economics and monetary status are
meaningless as all rely equally on one another's skills and
contributions.
Elimination of private property and means to
produce goods, private property and a classless society cannot exist harmoniously,
thus communism cannot develop. As a result, private property and the ability to
reproduce it must be eliminated when trying to create Marxist Communism.
Transition to Socialism, while Marx does not
agree with Socialism on its own, he argues in order for a true transition to
communism a stage of socialism is necessary.
Marxist to Leninist Communism, Marx argues that
a communist revolution is unavoidable following the conditions mentioned above
and that no outside action is required, however, later followers like Lenin
believed revolution must be prompted by action.
