Guaranteed employment
Government owned utilities
Government control of corporations
Dearest, I do not understand why these three are not considered suitable. Care to explain?
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Guaranteed employment
Government owned utilities
Government control of corporations
I think the OP is an American. For some of them socialism is anything not sanctioned by Ayn Rand.What does any of this have to do with the public or state ownership of the means of production?
I think corporations and utilities shouldn't be controlled by a centralized government, but managed by the workforce and the affected communities, respectively.How Socialist are you willing to go?
Free education
Free healthcare
UBI
Free housing for the needy
Open borders
Guaranteed employment
Government owned utilities
Government control of corporations
(Sorry not a socialist so add or remove what you feel appropriate)
What changes would need to be implemented to make you happy with how government is being run?
Libertarian, but yes, borders are not commonly a thing socialists care particularly much about; with that said, a common Marxist slogan is "workers of the world, unite!" so there is a certain degree of international solidarity baked into Marxist socialism from the get go (although of course individual stances on that part varied wildly throughout history in different places, and continue to vary wildly).Not sure what Open Boarders has to do with Socialism. Sounds like an Anarchist thing but don’t quote me on that.
I think the OP is an American. For some of them socialism is anything not sanctioned by Ayn Rand.
Dictionaries are written by Communists (and possibly not Americans at that).I understand. The American media has helped drill that into our heads. I'm one of the possibly rare Americans who knows the actual ideological differences between socialism and capitalism, and I also know that capitalism is not another term for market economy. The definitions of these things are in dictionaries and Wikipedia articles. I wish more people would look these terms up instead of just believing what someone with an agenda tells them.
Ahh that makes senseLibertarian, but yes, borders are not commonly a thing socialists care particularly much about; with that said, a common Marxist slogan is "workers of the world, unite!" so there is a certain degree of international solidarity baked into Marxist socialism from the get go (although of course individual stances on that part varied wildly throughout history in different places, and continue to vary wildly).
Dictionaries are written by Communists (and possibly not Americans at that).
Socialism and Communism are two different things.Dictionaries are written by Communists (and possibly not Americans at that).
I think corporations and utilities shouldn't be controlled by a centralized government, but managed by the workforce and the affected communities, respectively.
Other than that, sure, let's go all the way.
Free education
Free healthcare
UBI
Free housing for the needy
Open borders
Guaranteed employment
Government owned utilities
Government control of corporations
In Europe socialism has evolved to include capitalism, or elements of it.How Socialist are you willing to go?
Free education
Free healthcare
UBI
Free housing for the needy
Open borders
Guaranteed employment
Government owned utilities
Government control of corporations
(Sorry not a socialist so add or remove what you feel appropriate)
What changes would need to be implemented to make you happy with how government is being run?
I like the way its worded by the people.
Real meaning?
The people = Big controlling Government.
Yes, I am aware that communism is a form of socialism.Socialism and Communism are two different things.
Communism is Marxist philosophy.
Socialism was born before Marx.
The very first socialist parties were in Germany, and in Italy, SPD and Partito Socialista Italiano.
They were created in the 19th century.
Decades before the Russian Revolution.
Free education- welfare provides that
Free healthcare- welfare provides that
Free housing- welfare provides that
UBI- some on welfare do better than those working
Free groceries- welfare provides that
Hmmmm...we seem of accord on this.
I didn't see that coming...
Those three things are essential, in my humble opinion.
Not wanting them is a rightist position.
Not a leftist one.
With all due respect.
It wasn't socialism that "crashed" Greece or Venezuela.Might as well go for it. Itvwill be a huge free-for-all party and by the time it all bottoms out and crashes like Greece or Venezuela, hopefully I will be dead by then.
Isn't a big, controlling government the opposite of socialism? It sounds more like totalitarianism.I like the way its worded by the people.
Real meaning?
The people = Big controlling Government.