In the US, the word “socialism” seems to be confused with ”communism” like they were exchangeable
Marx and Engels used them interchangeably too, so you can see where the confusion would arise.
You might be surprised, if you read them, just how little they had to say about how it would all actually work. There’s no detailed blueprint for a communist utopia anywhere in their writing. Mainly they just critique the class system - and you can see that the observations they made were often quite accurate even in today’s world of zero-hours contracts and the gig economy. I’m pretty capitalist myself, but some of this is taking it too far.
Marx and Engels used them interchangeably too, so you can see where the confusion would arise.
You might be surprised, if you read them, just how little they had to say about how it would all actually work. There’s no detailed blueprint for a communist utopia anywhere in their writing. Mainly they just critique the class system - and you can see that the observations they made were often quite accurate even in today’s world of zero-hours contracts and the gig economy. I’m pretty capitalist myself, but some of this is taking it too far.