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  • easy rider

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    There has to be some level of social programs for a capitalist society to maintain. Socialism is a redistribution of wealth through government control. The concept on face value is alluring to many, but those in power are the ones controlling the means, which always leads to corruption. Too much power over the masses.
     

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    You mean all of the folks trying to get that 100% disability. Almost every vet I know is working to get that.

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    Exactly. Gov even encourages this crap right before you get out. Welfare queens
     

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    oldag

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    I'm certain that more than 4/10 posters here support "some form of socialism".
    That Gallup pole makes for good 10 second media blurbs. 4/10 is low.

    It's all about how terms are defined and which implementation of socialism is being considered.

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    Our US military is a thriving and ubiquitous "form of socialism", as is our imperfect yet necessary VA health system.

    A progressive income tax to maintain a national highway system is "some form of socialism".

    Our society could not survive without a significant contribution from socialist components.

    It's tough to get beyond the 4-of-10 simpleton sound bite that both sides of the media embrace.

    You guys play right into the hands of those who have weaponized a word and a concept on which our nation relies, eh?

    Totally lacking in context.
     

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    So, what needs to happen in my eyes is we start calling out, exposing, demonizing and persecuting socialists and Communists. Like in the good ole days! Joseph McCarthy was ahead of his time.
     

    easy rider

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    I’m curious how many here know what the determining factor in socialism really is.
    I'm not sure what you might mean by "determining factor", but I know what socialism is.

    As far as economics it means that production is publicly (government) owned instead of privately. Of course that means that the few, or one, that run the government have the say over the many, in other words the public's overseers.
     

    toddnjoyce

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    I'm not sure what you might mean by "determining factor", but I know what socialism is.

    As far as economics it means that production is publicly (government) owned instead of privately. Of course that means that the few, or one, that run the government have the say over the many, in other words the public's overseers.

    Socialism is a transitory state...what defines true socialism is the transition to outright dictatorial communism.
     

    easy rider

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    Many that advocate for socialism think of it in the Utopian sense where everyone works towards the betterment of the whole, but try to get a group of people that believe exactly what the betterment should be. Utopia leads to dystopia because what is good for one is not always good for others.
     
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