• AnonTwo@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Basically we encompass everything as black/white socialism/capitalism

    When pretty much every country (including the United States currently ) implements both.

    And the problem is by demonizing socialism as the main economic structure, politicians basically succeeded in shaming people for any socialist policy they disagree with.

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      8 months ago

      Socialism means a lot more than just having a few social programs to keep workers above water enough to keep working. It means actually putting the means of production into the hands of the workers using them, which isn’t compatible with capitalism.

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        8 months ago

        what you re describing is communism. socialism is another thing

        socialism emphasis on a fair (not necessarily equal) distribution of wealth among citizens. socialist programs and policies can exist alongside capitalism in a society, which is not true in a communist system.