Here is an interesting way to describe the different ways of political believes:
Socialism: You have two cows and you give one cow to a friend.
Communism: You have two cows. Give both cows to the government, and they might give you some milk.
Fascism: You have two cows. You give all the milk to the government and the government sells it.
Nazism: You have two cows, The government shoots you and takes both cows.
Anarchism: You have two cows. Keep both of the cows, shoot the government agent and steal another cow.
Capitalism: You have two cows. Sell one cow and buy a bull.
Surrealism: you have two giraffes.  The government makes you take harmonica lessons.
This is by Ann Landers taken from a photo of her column.
It is a very easy way to explain it all.  I am a socialist.  I believe in sharing what I have with others and they share with me.  No government should be involved, just people managing themselves.  Though in some past examples of socialism, some have ended up  being more like anarchism and the more people involved the more chaos occurs until usually Fascism steppes in. Then people get tired of the and anarchism returns till either more Fascism or Capitalism tries to take over. I know it is way more complicated than it is stated above but still it is a good way to get the brain juices going to talk about these things to others.  Have fun with it all, I do!