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Originally Posted by trevesty
There's no functioning example of pure socialism currently.
Or even close to it really.
Just because someone's party is called "socialist", doesn't mean they're, by definition, socialist.  |
so·cial·ism
noun /ˈsōSHəˌlizəm/
A political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole
Policy or practice based on this theory
(in Marxist theory) A transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism
What you guys are talking about is not socialism, it's communitarianism. It's a small community of individuals that all decide together, and voluntarily, to live in the community together and share everything that they have. Every other system, including socialism, involves government coercion at some level. ALWAYS. If you don't want to pay "your share", the government either comes and takes it, or takes you to jail, or both.
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