Socialism is the prelude to communism. It allows the camels head into the tent. It all goes down hill from there.
You've got the definitions a bit mixed up there.
concerned about politics wrote:
Citizens own and control businesses = Capitalism.
Citizens own, but government controls businesses = Socialism.
Government owns and controls businesses = Communism.
Citizens own and control businesses = Capitalism.
Citizens own, but government controls businesses = Socialism Fascism.
Government owns and controls businesses = Socialism or Communism.