What are the differences between communism and a republic?

Answer 1

One View:They are difficult to compare: a republic is a political system, communism is a political economy. Technically speaking they both suggest the same outcome, namely a society where political decisions reflect the interests and needs of the populace as a whole, but they start from different assumptions and take different approaches to achieve that end. No need to compare that which is already different from that. It is as obvious as anybody can get. The republic can be a so-called commonwealth properly constituted. Communism as the earliest form of government had little regard for privacy, if any. 19 century philosophers revived it as an economic system whether privacy was an issue of constitutional make or not, it was less important for obvious reasons. Das capital or capitalism as an obvious substitute. And it is not over until the fat lady sings.

Numbers give better witness account in matters of difference. The distributed shares, bonds, savings certificates, etc. amount to a form a communism by which nobody gains greater capital sums than what the business afford in members. About the best that members can attribute to themselves is their current standard of living in relation to the job that they uphold and whichever other privileges are granted by an attained position if career minded.

Another Answer:In a Republic, the power is with the people. This form of government is set up to LIMIT the power the government has to prevent the peoples rights (understood to be given from God) from being taken away by the government. It is commonly excepted that this form of government has the freest people with the most rights. People have the freedom to make as much or as little money they wish. The free economy of the Republic rewards those that work harder or work smarter. Innovation comes from the people since it is rewarded financially.

In Communism, the power is with the government. Whatever rights the people have are those given to them by the government. God is often outlawed due to most religions challenging the notion that people's rights are given by the government and not God. In Communism the government has control over who can own what and where you work or live. Some Communist governments will allow some freedom in this, but always reserve the right to take that freedom away. The goal of Communism is to try to do everything for the common good, even if it means placing a hardship on some to help others. Most Communist governments start with the idea of trying to make an ideal society. However, history has proved that the absolute power that Communism gives its leaders is easily corruptible and becomes self serving rather than serving the people.

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BloodyCole's Answer.

Republics believe that the world should have multiple leaders (Presidents Etc. Etc.) and that the public can speak for themselfs they believe in a free country while Communists believe the world should be ruled by one man, One man to speak for hes people, One man to take action, One man to decide what everyone should do Communists who have power are easily corrupted my advice do not a communist if you do not want to be bossed around, Me i am a communist but i believe if one man rules, If one man speaks for the people more Civilization and order can be issued, But hey... that's what i Believe.

Answer 2

In a Republic, the power is with the people. This form of government is set up to LIMIT the power the government has to prevent the peoples rights (understood to be given from God) from being taken away by the government. It is commonly excepted that this form of government has the freest people with the most rights. People have the freedom to make as much or as little money they wish. The free economy of the Republic rewards those that work harder or work smarter. Innovation comes from the people since it is rewarded financially.

In Communism, the power is with the government. Whatever rights the people have are those given to them by the government. God is often outlawed due to most religions challenging the notion that people's rights are given by the government and not God. In Communism the government has control over who can own what and where you work or live. Some Communist governments will allow some freedom in this, but always reserve the right to take that freedom away. The goal of Communism is to try to do everything for the common good, even if it means placing a hardship on some to help others. Most Communist governments start with the idea of trying to make an ideal society. However, history has proved that the absolute power that Communism gives its leaders is easily corruptable and becomes self serving rather than serving the people.

Taken directly from The Communist Manifesto and the US Manual on Citizenship Training:

Democracy is the preferred form of government for a communistic enterprise.

CITIZENSHIP Democracy:

A government of the masses. Authority derived through mass meeting or any other form of "direct" expression. Results in mobocracy. Attitude toward property is communistic--negating property rights. Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate, whether is be based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences. Results in demogogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy

CITIZENSHIP Republic:

Authority is derived through the election by the people of public officials best fitted to represent them. Attitude toward law is the administration of justice in accord with fixed principles and established evidence, with a strict regard to consequences. A greater number of citizens and extent of territory may be brought within its compass. Avoids the dangerous extreme of either tyranny or mobocracy. Results in statesmanship, liberty, reason, justice, contentment, and progress. Is the "standard form" of government throughout the world. A republic is a form of government under a constitution which provides for the election of

(1) an executive and (2) a legislative body, who working together in a representative capacity, have all the power of appointment, all power of legislation, all power to raise revenue and appropriate expenditures, and are required to create (3) a judiciary to pass upon the justice and legality of their government acts and to recognize (4) certain inherent individual rights.

Take away any one or more of those four elements and you are drifting into autocracy. Add one or more to those four elements and you are drifting into democracy.

Atwood. Superior to all others.--Autocracy declares the divine right of kings; its authority can not be questioned; its powers are arbitrarily or unjustly administered. Democracy is the "direct" rule of the people and has been repeatedly tried without success. Our Constitutional fathers, familiar with the strength and weakness of both autocracy and democracy, with fixed principles definitely in mind, defined a representative republican form of government. They "made a very marked distinction between a republic and a democracy * * * and said repeatedly and emphatically that they had founded a republic."

Please note: the US Manual on Citizenship training (quoted above) is not an original work as it is based on 2,000 years of political history founded by others; it is however and official US Government Document and is authoritative in its own right for that fact alone.

Also Note: Mans rights existed before and independently of "God" (My rights are certainly safer without "God" around) - "Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry." --Thomas Jefferson: Statute for Religious Freedom, 1779. ME 2:301, Papers 2:545 "In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own." --Thomas Jefferson to Horatio G. Spafford, 1814. ME 14:119