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Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating public or state ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and a society characterized by equality for all individuals, with a fair or egalitarian method of compensation.
If people are going to throw the term around, we might as well have an understanding of what they mean.
Edit: On a similar note, how do you define Anarchism?
I don't know why you're asking us. Socialism already has a well established definition amongst the political comparative realm that many accept. You look it up ...
See also "judicial activism."Socialism: The group of people who don't want what I want.
The one I see most often on right-wing sites is a sort of negative one.
It starts with this assertion: There is nothing in the Constitution that allows the federal government to take $ for one citizen and give it another. Any law or tax that has that effect is- on its face -unconstitutional.
Any law or policy that does not affect all citizens equally is - on its face-unconstitutional.
From this follows: Any law or policy that deviates from the above principals is socialist. Accordingly the US Federal government has been moving in an socialist direction since 1913.
The most effective cure for ALL our present ills is to repeal the 16th and 17th amendments.
To these folk the question is LESS what is socialism is (they have a good idea) than how do we stop being socialist.
These people are utterly foolish and mislead. If there still exists private property, we are not speaking of socialism. Socialism is, in a word, Marx's "dictatorship of the proletariat"; it is to be achieved only by way of the compulsorily violent overthrow of capitalism and entails the sweeping abolition of private ownership of the means of production.The one I see most often on right-wing sites is a sort of negative one.
It starts with this assertion: There is nothing in the Constitution that allows the federal government to take $ for one citizen and give it another. Any law or tax that has that effect is- on its face -unconstitutional.
Any law or policy that does not affect all citizens equally is - on its face-unconstitutional.
From this follows: Any law or policy that deviates from the above principals is socialist. Accordingly the US Federal government has been moving in an socialist direction since 1913.
The most effective cure for ALL our present ills is to repeal the 16th and 17th amendments.
To these folk the question is LESS what is socialism is (they have a good idea) than how do we stop being socialist.
Well, I think Hannity is entirely clueless about what socialism.I don't know why you're asking us. Socialism already has a well established definition amongst the political comparative realm that many accept. You look it up ...
What most people fail to realize, is that not only is Anarchy not an environment of total chaos and fear, is that yes, you can do whatever you want, but so can everybody else. Meaning, yes you can kill, rape, injure people, or whatever, but someone can extract revenge, and make your suffering much worse.As I recall, it's a system of no government. Either it's meant to be a totally destructive, do-whatever-you-like nation filled with chaos, or it's supposed to be a utopia, where government isn't needed because all of the people are civilized enough to do what's right without being told.