What is the Difference Between Socialism and Communism

The elephant in the room is that under socialism, economic programs did not exist, you had to work hard for a meager salary

Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh , Bio and Archives--July 29, 2026

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The young socialists of today call themselves Democratic Socialists. They truly believe that they can do socialism in America much better than it was done in the 20th century in all the Soviet satellite countries which called themselves socialist democratic republics.

These countries were not democratic; they were tyrannies controlled by the Communist Party. The Communist Party represented about ten percent of the population while the other ninety percent were subjugated by the total control of the top Communist Party executive leaders.

The Communist Party leaders had a huge standing army, a huge street police apparatus, and a large security police controlled by the Dear Leader. The ultimate power resided with the tyrant and his wife.

Socialism is a societal form where the central government [the Communist Party] controls all the means of production, the centrally planned economy, government banking, all press, education, travel, health care, all churches, arts, publishing, and all media.

When asked what socialism is, people on the street answered this way:

- Socialism is a political party that takes care of people; you Americans are not taking care of your people- Socialism is being friendly and sociable with others- Socialism is compassion, fairness, and equality - Socialism is the other word for communism, and it was horrible, it killed a lot of people- I don’t know and I don’t care- Socialism is like a worm which destroys its host nation- Free stuff like the........

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