Communism Terms

Terms of Communism

Bolsheviks

Followers of Lenin during the October Revolution (1917)

Bourgeoisie

The class of people that own the means of production (farms, factories, homes for rent, etc.) or the “ruling class” opposed to communism

Class traitor

People who are working-class but their job is to enforce the will of the ruling class (police officers, soldiers, union-busters, etc.)

Collectivism

Basic communism, the belief that all land and means of production should be owned by the group, not individuals

Comrade

A gender-neutral term for fellow communist, an ally

Identity politics

Marxists group people into categories such as race, gender, sexuality, etc. to create division and stoke victimhood emotions; this leads to conflict that only the “government” can alleviate

Intelligentsia

Intellectuals, well-educated communists that do “mental labor” for the cause (classless society)

Politburo

The executive committee in control of a communist state, elected by the central committee

Proletariat

The working-class people in a communist society, the “source” of the “bourgeois” wealth

Soviet

Workers council