Socialism is workers owning the means of production. Communism is a pretty serious departure from that, taking it to the government level. The bloodshed from t

Socialism is workers owning the means of production. Communism is a pretty serious departure from that, taking it to the government level. The bloodshed from totalitarianism is well-documented and really didn't have much to do with Communism at all anyway. Let's be wary of any equivocation between "destroy the people who can singlehandedly ruin lives by manipulating markets" (you will note this is a tiny minority of bad actors) and "destroy anyone who hurts my ego while I'm in power" (i.e., pretty much everyone).