There are many different defenitions of it, the one i go with is that in an socialist society the “means of production” (factorys and such) are run by the workers there in an democratic way.
In communism the society woulf be run without states and with no money as well as there bring no classes (like workers, labdlords, politicans or bosses)
The various states that claim and claimed to be socialist or communists aren’t fulfilling these conditions as to why many people say that these aren’t examples of socialism/communism
There are many different defenitions of it, the one i go with is that in an socialist society the “means of production” (factorys and such) are run by the workers there in an democratic way. In communism the society woulf be run without states and with no money as well as there bring no classes (like workers, labdlords, politicans or bosses)
The various states that claim and claimed to be socialist or communists aren’t fulfilling these conditions as to why many people say that these aren’t examples of socialism/communism