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originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: amazing
Are we OK with it?
Have you asked every single person if they are OK with it?
Or are you just assuming everyone is?
That's socialism. It is called the common or collective good, but it's really an assumption made that it provides mostly good stuff to most people. The ones who are hurt by it or who don't want it are ignored, but they still have their money taken by force for it just the same.
The evil is swept under the rug and never addressed.
originally posted by: amazing
I mean if the nordic countries are socialist than so
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: intrepid
A little humor...a lot of truth. Enjoy Gulch.
SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbour
www.galtsgulchonline.com...
originally posted by: Isurrender73
This thread is proof that most people have no understanding of Socialism even though for some reason they believe they do.
originally posted by: Isurrender73
Socialism - The most misused misunderstood word in the history of mankind. Socialism is when the government owns and controls nothing and the people own and control everything as a collective.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: Brywilson2
You forgot the part in your first paragraph above where the people gaming the system or relying on it to cover for their own bad choices hide behind the ones who legitimately do have a need for society's compassion. There really is a place for us to provide for people who cannot do on their own, but there are far fewer of them than people in the system.
originally posted by: paraphi
originally posted by: Isurrender73
Socialism - The most misused misunderstood word in the history of mankind. Socialism is when the government owns and controls nothing and the people own and control everything as a collective.
What you go on to describe is Marxism aka communism as mostly understood. The common mistake is confusing the two.
Socialism is rule by the working people. They will decide how socialism is to work. To use the word “socialism” for anything but working people’s power is to misuse the term. Nationalisation of mines, railways, steel, etc. in a capitalist class society is not socialism, nor does this constitutes “the socialist sector of a mixed economy”. Such nationalisation in a capitalist society is simply a degree of state capitalism, with no relation to socialism. www.marxists.org...
originally posted by: paraphi
originally posted by: amazing
I mean if the nordic countries are socialist than so
Nordic countries and places like Denmark and the Netherlands are high taxation economies and use to tax to redistribute wealth. In developed countries, redistribution is often manifest in a generous welfare system. The redistribution of wealth is a socialist goal.
originally posted by: CB328
Anarchy is no government, people can do whatever they want, and other people can do what they want to them.
Communism is complete government control of everything in society.
Socialism is a society with big government and big business, where government strongly regulates business and highly taxes everyone to provide a lot of social services.