Communism is the philosophical, social, political and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society,
I admit I don't know much about it, but I recall that Jane Fonda was a big proponent of communism.
More so ,it's is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state.
How similar is it to socialism?
Socialism is a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production, as well as the political theories
I would think common ownership from communism and social ownership from socialism are the same.
Social ownership refers to the various forms of ownership for the means of production in socialist economic systems, encompassing public ownership, employee ownership,et al
I am personally happy I live in a country that is a democracy.