PeonForHer
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ORIGINAL: PeonForHer TDC, can you link us to your own definition of 'socialism'? No, because I don't have my own definition of socialism. I use THE definition, as employed by political scientists and as defined by those who originated and developed the theories of socialism. I could, however link you to a large number of books that would explain it all to you in great detail, but that would entail you reading for a few months, which is beyond your interest, so here is the toddler version for you: The means of production and distribution (i.e. the factories and stores, etc), are owned by those who work in them, not financiers, investors, and stock holders. Now, there are a number of variants, off-shoots, related philosophies, and outright bastardizations of this basic concept (Social democracy, market socialism, state capitalism, Marxism, Leninism, Marxist-Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism, Euro-Communism, etc. etc. etc.) The thing to keep in mind at all times is that socialism is NOT for government anything, as socialism is opposed to any form of nation-state or government, and is in fact very much an anti-statist free-market libertarian ideology, it differs from capitalism on the question of who should own the wealth produced by the labour of the workers. Nup. I've read enough about socialism and what it means. Your overview so far has looked shaky enough for me to question it. Till you show your sources, you're just another person claiming authority. Sorry - you don't have it. ETA: Just read this bit properly: "The thing to keep in mind at all times is that socialism is NOT for government anything, as socialism is opposed to any form of nation-state or government, and is in fact very much an anti-statist free-market libertarian ideology, it differs from capitalism on the question of who should own the wealth produced by the labour of the workers." Sweet Jesus ... you are *definitely* going to need to cite your sources. This is socialism *as far as a certain strain of it* is concerned. If you think it's socialism as a whole ... your reading majorly lacks balance.
< Message edited by PeonForHer -- 8/20/2017 12:47:06 PM >
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