Summary of Sunni concepts The most important differences between socialism and communism First, socialism aims to redistribute wealth To reduce the differences between the rich and the poor, it is claimed While communism seeks to completely abolish these differences Wealth is completely removed from individuals It abolishes individual ownership To achieve the removal of classes from society Make it one even layer Secondly, socialism calls for increasing the role of the state in planning and managing resources Through what it calls the Central Planning and Accounting Organization But it also allows a limited role for individuals in planning and development While communism prevents this and makes only the state plan and manage Third, socialism is merely a political and economic doctrine that does not depart from this framework While communism has a doctrinal dimension and a philosophical view of existence and history It is based mainly on atheism and economics, as we will explain in a separate concept Summary of Sunni concepts