Reply #42: I don't want to argue

[ProudDad]

But I would like it to be clear that the way Socialism is perceived by the public is warped at best and an outright set of lies at worst.

Thanks to the capitalist propaganda that drapes like a fog, a miasma on the minds of most people, the big lie is king.

When you hear "Socialism" think co-operation, a feeling that we're all in this together, empathy for the plight of the less fortunate and a feeling of general responsibility to help the least among us. That's what it's really about.

For the religious among you, when you hear "Socialism" think of Jesus', Mohammad's and the Buddha's teachings. It's a hell of a lot closer to the great teacher's ideals than capitalism.

---Edited to add a link to an interesting discussion of this subject in case you're interested.

http://www.zmag.org/parecon/indexnew.htm