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uponit7771

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Reply to GulfCoast66 (Reply #13)

Wed Mar 13, 2019, 11:30 PM

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About "socialism"?... Is there evidence of it here in the U.S.A.? [View all] Stuart G Mar 2019 OP

Some cities have public water and electric utilities DBoon Mar 2019 #1

Thank You for adding those ideas. Yes, they are important.. nt.. Stuart G Mar 2019 #3

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2019 #23

Step one...look up definition of socialism...and it is none of the things you listed. EX500rider Mar 2019 #2

Sounds like a capitalist's definition of socialism. nt Xipe Totec Mar 2019 #5

It is the dictionaries definition. nt EX500rider Mar 2019 #8

Damn captialist pig dictionaries...nt SidDithers Mar 2019 #41

Apparently....lol...it's a plot I tell you!! nt EX500rider Mar 2019 #43

I guess we have a different view of socialism, or socialistic ideas. Stuart G Mar 2019 #6

Words have actual meanings, not just ones you make up. Mine came from MirramWebster. nt EX500rider Mar 2019 #7

Exactly Horizens Mar 2019 #18

+1, looks like people have an idea of something and the technical meaning doesn't mean crap uponit7771 Mar 2019 #24

noun vs adjective loyalsister Mar 2019 #62

None of the things you listed is what watoos Mar 2019 #10

All I did was post the actual definition of socialism if you meant to respond to me. nt EX500rider Mar 2019 #11

"Maybe we should check the definition of fascism?" EX500rider Mar 2019 #37

I wish I had a dollar fescuerescue Mar 2019 #27

Mostly because many people seem to have no idea what it means nt EX500rider Mar 2019 #38

Everybody thinks they do fescuerescue Mar 2019 #58

I'd actually never seen that before. Sparkly Mar 2019 #51

Keyword there is "various." Sparkly Mar 2019 #50

Which all involve the govt owning the means of production....which never ends well. nt EX500rider Mar 2019 #52

this is a ridiculous argument. Repeated a million times here. Kurt V. Mar 2019 #53

Economic theories like socialism have specific meaning regardless of peoples misinterpretations nt EX500rider Mar 2019 #54

true. which doesn't mean a thing regarding lay peoples interpretations . Kurt V. Mar 2019 #55

Other then they may be incorrect. nt EX500rider Mar 2019 #56

Here's my point. it doesn't matter if they're incorrect (they are). Kurt V. Mar 2019 #59

Nope Horizens Mar 2019 #4

...I guess that is your "opinion." A very long time ago, education was for the wealthy. Stuart G Mar 2019 #12

Definition of words are not "opinions" You can actually look them up. EX500rider Mar 2019 #39

Co-ops? Karadeniz Mar 2019 #9

yes, kinda like..."socialism" depends on who you talk to. Owned by the workers..correct? Stuart G Mar 2019 #14

some co-ops are owned by employees. Some not. fescuerescue Mar 2019 #28

I get my electricity from a co-op. they have annual gatherings to voice our opinion Kurt V. Mar 2019 #60

Nothing you listed is socialism. GulfCoast66 Mar 2019 #13

I beg to differ. Public education is a form of "socialism" Stuart G Mar 2019 #16

No. None of those are examples of socialism. GulfCoast66 Mar 2019 #20

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2019 #25

Socialism pamdb Mar 2019 #15

Oh NO NOT MEDICARE TOO??? i LIKE THAT ONE. Stuart G Mar 2019 #17

OH..."FOOD STAMPS".....YES... republicans did not like that one at all.. Stuart G Mar 2019 #21

Both 2naSalit Mar 2019 #19

It's amazing really kennetha Mar 2019 #22

No, not self delusion. If one looks deep within the definition these are socialistic. Stuart G Mar 2019 #26

Are you trying to say that wherever you have public highways kennetha Mar 2019 #29

Public Highways are financed through taxes. Not all the taxes pay for cost of the highways. Stuart G Mar 2019 #31

If, per Merriam-Webster, scialism is public ownership of means of production, then yes, of course. lagomorph777 Mar 2019 #40

No no no! kennetha Mar 2019 #44

Pure socialism, or pure capitalism, are both myths. In either extreme case, lagomorph777 Mar 2019 #48

Socialism does not mean "the government taking care of everyone" brooklynite Mar 2019 #30

I agree, "Socialism does not mean, "the government taking care of everyone." Stuart G Mar 2019 #33

+1...nt SidDithers Mar 2019 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author Kurt V. Mar 2019 #61

Here's the definition for Capitalism... Xolodno Mar 2019 #32

And I agree with the last sentence completely..It is a ...."mixed system" Stuart G Mar 2019 #34

We are all in mixed market economies. Socialism and capitalism work applegrove Mar 2019 #35

Oxford English Dictionary moondust Mar 2019 #36

+1 "owned or regulated" is the key. lagomorph777 Mar 2019 #42

Stop it! kennetha Mar 2019 #45

tongue-in-cheek, right? lagomorph777 Mar 2019 #49

Here's solcialism... SidDithers Mar 2019 #47

Its time we just embrace socialism! Joe941 Mar 2019 #57

I think as soon as we mention liberty and justice for all... Sparkly Mar 2019 #63

roads and the military? uriel1972 Mar 2019 #64