• semEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    IIRC communism was the original Das Kapital version, and socialism came into being as “communism-lite” not really following Marx’s ideal but giving some good things to workers

    • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      The term socialism was first coined in 1832, way before Das Kapital has been published in 1866. But before Karl Marx, socialism as we know it wasn’t something that is fully solid despite the term already being coined. During 1848 liberal revolution, there were some who participated who’d be considered “socialists”, but they don’t necessarily know what they want.

      • semEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        That’s really cool! Thanks for the context I hadn’t known about that broader current of socialist thinking