Question

Which of the following characteristics describe communism, but not fascism?

Question 4 options:

Social classes disappear (everyone is equal) and the government owns most of the land, factories, and other resources that are necessary for production.


Workers share ownership of all property and citizens are asked to put the interests of the state above their own.


Citizens have a very strong sense of nationalism and private businesses can exist but they must serve the good of the state.


Government directs the economy and private businesses can exist but they must serve the good of the state.

Answer 1

Workers share ownership of all property and citizens are asked to put the interests of the state above their own.

sciences, communism (from Latin communis, "common, universal")[1][2] is the philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money[3][4] and the state.[5][6]

Communism includes a variety of schools of thought, which broadly include Marxism and anarchism (anarcho-communism), as well as the political ideologies grouped around both. All of these share the analysis that the current order of society stems from its economic system, capitalism; that in this system there are two major social classes; that conflict between these two classes is the root of all problems in society; and that this situation will ultimately be resolved through a social revolution. The two classes are the working class—who must work to survive and who make up the majority within society—and the capitalist class—a minority who derives profit from employing the working class through private ownership of the means of production. The revolution will put the working class in power and in turn establish social ownership of the means of production, which according to this analysis is the primary element in the transformation of society towards communism. Critics of communism can be roughly divided into those concerning themselves with the practical aspects of 20th century communist states[7] and those concerning themselves with communist principles and theory.[8]

Answer 2

B). Workers share ownership of all property and citizens are asked to put the interests of the state above their own.

Step-by-step explanation:

Communism is the movement that is associated with Karl Marx's school of thought and inspired by Marxism and fascism. It aimed to establish a communist society where classes don't appear and the replacement of private ownership by proposing a communal control over the resources and means of production.

While fascism is movement linked to the movement which supported autocracy up to the extent of breaking of laws and practicing violence and suppression to establish the dictatorial authority.

Thus, the option that characterizes communism but not fascism is option B as it aims to destroy the private ownership and disappearance of the class hierarchy.