How do you define Socialism?

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Anonymous wrote:Socialism is the battle cry of the undereducated and fearful.

No Democrat wants socialism as a form of government. Not one.

What absolute BS. And I do believe Bernie, AOC, et al would beg to differ.

No they wouldn’t. Even Democratic Socialism isn’t socialism.

Turn off Fox and read an actual newspaper. Better yet, borrow your grandkid’s social studies book.

If anything, it seems you need to take your own advice.

“The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is the largest socialist organization in the United States.”
-from the DSA website

So what?

So there is no disagreement between PPs and the Democratic Socialists of America party that Democratic Socialism as pursued in the US by prominent Democratic politicians is indeed socialism, in direct contradiction to the bolded part above.

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Democrats want socialism. Stop lying to yourselves.

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Seatbelts, food inspectors, 8 hour work days. Just pure socialist evil I tell you!

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Anonymous wrote:Democrats want socialism. Stop lying to yourselves.

No we don’t, PP. Please get informed and stop believing the pathetic propaganda.

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Anonymous wrote:Fox and the Republicans have created this ridiculous bogeyman of “socialism!”.

It's the new "immigrant caravan".

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:Seatbelts, food inspectors, 8 hour work days. Just pure socialist evil I tell you!

None of the above is socialist. They are government regulations, but not socialism.

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Anonymous wrote:Seatbelts, food inspectors, 8 hour work days. Just pure socialist evil I tell you!

Again: nothing to do with socialism. But Republicans of old did used to call those things socialistic, yes.

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Anonymous wrote:Seatbelts, food inspectors, 8 hour work days. Just pure socialist evil I tell you!

None of the above is socialist. They are government regulations, but not socialism.

The stupid is very strong on this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:Seatbelts, food inspectors, 8 hour work days. Just pure socialist evil I tell you!

None of the above is socialist. They are government regulations, but not socialism.

The stupid is very strong on this thread.

I did my part by putting the definition of socialism in the second post of the thread... and yet...

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Anonymous wrote:The public schools your kids attend are socialism.

Wrong. Again.

Not PP but yes, public schools are socialist institutions. Everyone pays in taxes based on income (whether you have a child in school or not). The children all get equal educations regardless of what their parents paid in taxes.

Most schools are funded by property taxes, not income taxes.
For people who don’t have kids in public schools, it is a unfair tax for services not used.
In Arkington 20% of the households have kids in public schools but at least 40% of the County budget goes to public schools. I wouldn’t mind if the kids were educated, but based on those I have interviewed for placement at my alma mater educated, they are lacking.
To me that is socialism. It is good enough

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Was the rationing of food in Britain during ww2 socialism?

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Anonymous wrote:Was the rationing of food in Britain during ww2 socialism?

No, nor was the rationing of food in the United States during World War II socialism.

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Gotta keep the definition of socialism murky enough that you can apply the tag to anything the Democrats might want to do as a matter of government policy while maintaining plausible deniability in case the Republicans would like to do something similar.

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Anonymous wrote:Gotta keep the definition of socialism murky enough that you can apply the tag to anything the Democrats might want to do as a matter of government policy while maintaining plausible deniability in case the Republicans would like to do something similar.

You are confused. There has been but one definition of socialism as referenced by Republicans. It's the Democrats, in close alignment with the progressive/leftist parties of the world, that has sought to obfuscate the meaning of socialism by attaching the word "democratic" to it. Democratic socialism is an invention of the left, not the right.

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Anonymous wrote:The public schools your kids attend are socialism.

Wrong. Again.

Not PP but yes, public schools are socialist institutions. Everyone pays in taxes based on income (whether you have a child in school or not). The children all get equal educations regardless of what their parents paid in taxes.

Most schools are funded by property taxes, not income taxes.
For people who don’t have kids in public schools, it is a unfair tax for services not used.
In Arkington 20% of the households have kids in public schools but at least 40% of the County budget goes to public schools. I wouldn’t mind if the kids were educated, but based on those I have interviewed for placement at my alma mater educated, they are lacking.
To me that is socialism. It is good enough

I knew someone who shrieked about single mothers on welfare while she was sending four kids to public school while paying property taxes of around $6000 a year.