Marxism Vs. Marxist-Leninism Ideology

Question 1

Proletariat Revolution

Answer 1

Marxism: Bourgeois overthrow autocracy to achieve Capitalism and would exploit workers. Workers develop revolutionary consciousness and overthrow bourgeois gov. = socialism

Marxist-Leninism: Skipped Bourgeois revolution and went straight to workers overthrowing autocracy = socialism

Question 2

World Revolution

Answer 2

Marxism: World-wide socialist rev would start in highly industrialised country (e.g. Germany) and called for proletariat action = revolution key to socialism

Marxist-Leninism: World-wide socialist revolution occur in a backwards country during a war = revolution key to socialism

Question 3

Securing Revolution

Answer 3

Marxism: after revolution, needed a Dictatorship of the Proletariat (workers govern w strict control to remove non-socialists)

Marxist-Leninism: Dictatorship of the Proletariat needed but actually when in power he gave control to Bolsheviks (could be argued needed strong control to achieve D of the P) & other socialists treated as enemies

Question 4

Socialist Government

Answer 4

Marxism: Gov in the hands of the people & democracy with the introduction of universal suffrage would be first task of the proletariat

Marxist-Leninism: democratic-centralism established early on (not complete Marxism) and then would listen to the people after they were in power

(democratic-centralism meant no voting as in time of war and needed things to happen quickly)

Question 5

Economy

Answer 5

Both believed means of production should be owned equally by whole community

Question 6

Society

Answer 6

Both believed classless society was the key to Communism (once enemies of socialism were defeated)