Originally Posted by sperbonzo

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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