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minus-square@wolfarine@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish52•5 days agoSo the “elected” government is trying to control prices? Isn’t that the definition of socialism?
minus-square@Don_alForno@feddit.orglinkfedilink12•4 days agoIt’s an element of a planned economy which has been more commonly used in authoritarian socialist countries but isn’t exclusive to them. (Fun fact because I just looked it up: There doesn’t seem to be one generally accepted definition of “socialism”.)
minus-squarezqpslinkfedilink3•4 days agoWorker ownership of the means of production. I.e. profits from goods and services go to those who provide them rather than investors.
minus-square@ILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilink2•edit-24 days agoSocial ownership (public) of production, doesn’t have to be the workers State capitalism exists though, ROK and CCP are the more famous examples
minus-square@Don_alForno@feddit.orglinkfedilink1•4 days agoThat’s communism. The two are not interchangeable.
minus-squarezqpslinkfedilink1•edit-24 days agoNo it’s not. Socialism is compatible with economic and political systems beyond communism. Sorry, but you don’t know what you are talking about.
minus-square@Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 days agoWhich is why I scream about employee ownership whenever I can. It’s the closest we can get in the states I think right now. NCEO
minus-square@CheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 days agoI’d say a good loose definition is just ‘people pooling resources for the common good’ so basically all taxes and things paid for by taxes including the military.
So the “elected” government is trying to control prices? Isn’t that the definition of socialism?
Socialism is only bad when the left does it.
It’s an element of a planned economy which has been more commonly used in authoritarian socialist countries but isn’t exclusive to them.
(Fun fact because I just looked it up: There doesn’t seem to be one generally accepted definition of “socialism”.)
Worker ownership of the means of production.
I.e. profits from goods and services go to those who provide them rather than investors.
Social ownership (public) of production, doesn’t have to be the workers
State capitalism exists though, ROK and CCP are the more famous examples
That’s communism. The two are not interchangeable.
No it’s not. Socialism is compatible with economic and political systems beyond communism. Sorry, but you don’t know what you are talking about.
Which is why I scream about employee ownership whenever I can. It’s the closest we can get in the states I think right now. NCEO
I’d say a good loose definition is just ‘people pooling resources for the common good’ so basically all taxes and things paid for by taxes including the military.
No