Original sentence: Often this process is said initiated by the revolutionary overthrow of the bourgeoisie (see Marxism), passes through a transitional period marked by the preparatory stage of socialism (see Leninism).Pure communism has never been implemented, it remains theoretical: communism is, in Marxist theory, the end-state, or the result of state-socialism.Some of Marx's contemporaries, such as Mikhail Bakunin, espoused similar ideas, but differed in their views of how to reach to a harmonic society with no classes.The word is now mainly understood to refer to the political, economic, and social theory of Marxist thinkers, or life under conditions of Communist party rule.To this day there has been a split in the workers movement between Marxists (communists) and anarchists
Edited sentence: "Sociology" 5th ed.According to Marx, communism is an end-state, the result of state-socialism.Although many have thereby suffered or lost their lives in the past century under totalitarian governments, this was not part of the theory of pure communism proposed by communist thinkers; many people from the Western world often associate communism with a negative connotation linked to such totalitarian governments.ISBN 0070569592.Often this process is said initiated by the revolutionary overthrow of the bourgeoisie through Marxism, passes through a transitional period marked by the preparatory stage of socialism through Leninism.Pure communism has never been implemented, and due to its idealistic nature, to date remains only a theory.Schaefer, Richard T.Sociologist Max Weber wrote that communism is an ideal type, a view held by many other sociologists as well.Some of Marx's contemporaries, such as the anarchist Mikhail Bakunin, espoused similar ideas, but differed in their views of how to reach to a harmonic society with no classes.There were also other thinkers, often anarchists who call themselves communist at the time, but had alternative methods to Marxism to reaching a classless society.To this day there has been a split in the workers movement between Marxist communists and anarchists.Today, the word is mainly understood to refer to the political, economic, and social theory of Marxist thinkers, or to life under Communist Party rule