no cmon i have an understanding of this to begin with. as marx said, his socialism idea was his stepping stone idea to his communism idea. they were basically the same thing as each other, except, one had currency and was meant to be the first step away from capitalism (a reorganization of the type of government without yet getting rid of currency), and the second was meant to be that same type of government, but now with currency totally removed, as a second step (his ultimate goal; a currency-less system]