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Not good enough. Wake me up when its Scientific Socialism and Capitalism is dead.
Good. Elected representatives funded by their constituents and others in the working class mean there's less of a risk they pull up the ladder behind them and fuck those who got them into power.
Doesn't mean this won't ever happen. That's why I said risk.
Long term goals are of course to ban Citizen's United, set a cap on money needed to campaign for an elected position, and pass Ranked Choice Voting (RCV).
Not so scary if you do five minutes of research.
What socialism is happening? Who is advocating workers controlling the means of production? All I see are social programs being touted.
Who is advocating workers controlling the means of production?
That would be communism, not socialism. Lennonist communism is where the workers control the means of production in a collectivist but decentralized manner (Stalinist communism is where the state (Stalin) controls the means of production). Socialism is where the capitalists are allowed to maximize profit all they want (hell they keep most of that under the socialist model), but society guarantees a minimal quality of life (the social bit) by taxing the capitalists to ensure a base-level of universal health-insurance and/or housing for the masses.
Basically, socialism is the logical conclusion of FDR's New Deal.
What FDR did with a New Deal and socialism are not the same thing. FDR's goal was to save capitalism while feeding the working class stale bread crumbs so they do not demand better, so that they do not advocate for more socialism.
Where are you getting this from?
It sounds like they just plucked it out of their ass.
Explained here
The article you linked is what happens when you hire a “content marketer” to write for you. Not sure why the home of ancient aliens would be a definitive source.
Where did you get this definition of socialism from? There’s no such thing as as socialism that allows for capitalist ownership of the means of production; if a socialist says it’s fine, they’re not a socialist.
As per Einstein himself (in his article entitled “Why Socialism?”):
In [a socialist economy], the means of production are owned by society itself and are utilised in a planned fashion. A planned economy, which adjusts production to the needs of the community, would distribute the work to be done among all those able to work and would guarantee a livelihood to every man, woman, and child.
As you can see, as the means of production are owned and maintained by society itself in a socialist economy, there would be no possibility for any aspiring capitalist to accrue those means for themselves, and thereby maximize their own profit. In theory they would just be another worker without any special economical advantage over anyone else.
Where did you get this definition of socialism from? There’s no such thing as as socialism that allows for capitalist ownership of the means of production; if a socialist says it’s fine, they’re not a socialist.
The distinction between socialism and communism is well known and studied. The key differences are:
Communism:
All property is communally owned, and each person receives a portion based on need. In practice, a strong central government—the state—controls all aspects of economic production and provides citizens with their basic necessities, including food, housing, medical care and education.
Socialism:
individuals can still own property. But industrial production, or the chief means of generating wealth, is communally owned and managed by a democratically elected government.
You can find the basis of my quotes here, on the history channel's very own website. You can also see the clear distinction in Europe's current Democratic Socialism vs. Russia's Communist stuff.
The History channel? As in the channel that hosts and broadcasts “Ancient Aliens”? You’re not exactly helping your case here.
Additionally, you’re incorrect in your citing of the notion that all property in a communist state is communally owned. All private property is communally owned, but that only goes for anything falling into the category of productive assets used to generate profit and subsume labour. You’re by all means still entitled in such states to owning any personal property, i.e. various forms of entertainment, food, toiletries, housing, etc. The whole basis of your distinction pretty much falls apart through that correction alone.
For the sake of providing an external source, you can read further on socialist/communist ideas through this website, particularly the first two paragraphs which once again thoroughly deconstructs your false distinction of the aforementioned ideologies.
Just curious if your head hurts from banging it against so many walls...
Sorry, but the stupid people's website, Reddit, is that way ------>
That's seems pretty rude for someone who is on your side. Maybe I'm missing your joke though.
My words were an expression of solidarity with you. I thought it was funny way to recognize you banging your head against the wall as the expression goes, but maybe you didn't get my joke?
I found it funny how you kept having to educate people and they seemingly didn't understand what you were saying.
Sorry if I wasn't clear on that friend
Americans don’t understand that distinction.
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Socialism is 1950's conservatism now.
They had decades to figure out how to unite their base. Obama and Bernie's popularity gave them the building blocks. They remained willfully ignorant because they like those corporate checks too much.
Works for me. Give us universal basic income and universal healthcare. Take money out of politics. Give me an international high speed rail system. And paid by taxes higher education. Shut down the snooty universities.
Alternatively workers should earn a pension for every hour they labour on behalf of someone else.
Anyone under a predetermined amount when they retire should be able to collect the difference between the what they received and what they are short.
Any business that does not pay enough to those working for them should have their taxes increased to double the difference, as a punitive action.
Also do this with other things
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