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There are bigger ones; roads, electricity, flood control. captain queeg Nov 2020 #1
It doesn't matter kurtcagle Nov 2020 #2
Socialism is collective ownership of the means of production NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2020 #3
Careful. I have made this point in the past and was flamed. TomSlick Nov 2020 #17
Wow NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2020 #19
That is the definition I was taught as an undergraduate political science major. TomSlick Nov 2020 #20
"Socialism", to republicans, is just a meaningless political insult unblock Nov 2020 #4
We have a winner. nt theaocp Nov 2020 #10
The people using it as a boogeyman word are conflating it with communism and totalatarian rule. TigressDem Nov 2020 #5
Millions have been raised to think it's toxic and if we want to win elections... brush Nov 2020 #6
People think of Venezuela and Cuba and other countries and how things Suck in those countries JI7 Nov 2020 #7
Let's get some things straight here.... DAngelo136 Nov 2020 #8
Great Post! ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #11
Now, fit that on a bumper sticker... Wounded Bear Nov 2020 #16
It's a label collectively applied to government programs the right doesn't like Shermann Nov 2020 #9
Fantastic post TEB Nov 2020 #12
Most of that is only partly true Klaralven Nov 2020 #13
None of those were socialism... brooklynite Nov 2020 #14
When I learned about.."socialism"...the idea is that the government does., or takes Stuart G Nov 2020 #15
'Socialism' is an albatross. My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #18
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