Glossary of Terms

 

 

Anarchism

 

The term Anarchism is given to those who believe that a society can be conceived and work effectively without and government, or harmony between the people not due to law or obedience to an authority but by an agreement between the members of the community created in order to be able to continue to live and produce the required products for a society to survive.

 

 

Socialism

 

A Socialist society is one in which the working class is the focal point, where the majority of the people control a great deal of the power over their own lives instead of an aristocratic ruling class, essentially societies run for the common good instead of the benefit of the wealthy or privileged. Socialism has many different connotations inside of this definition ranging from more scientific definitions that come from Karl Marx to a utopian socialism of Charles Fourier.