Socialism and communism are not the same thing.Discuss the differences in terms of Marx's ideas of communism.

Communism was a hypothetical construct of Marx based on his belief that after the fall of capitalism,there would emerge a society in which everyone was equal.Marx believed that socialism was a transitory stage after capitalism and before communism.Yet communism (as envisioned by Marx,at least)has never existed at the state level of organization.Although some would define China as a communist country,Marxists appreciate that China's powerful political structure would not exist in Marx's idea of communism.