People often confuse these economic systems and it creates problems having serious conversations about them.
Socialism is a classless society owning all property and means of production. Government is not society, it is a management system for society. So the government allocating resources and controlling all companies is not socialism. That is called a command economy. You also can't have a totalitarian dictator and have socialism. They, by definition, have total control of society, and in socialism the workers are supposed to be in control. Also true socialism has never truly been attempted on a long scale, and honestly I personally don't think it would work. It doesn't take in account human greed, need for superiority, and how it would function with the rest of the world.
What most people are calling for is either democratic socialism or social democracy.
Social democracy is a mixed economy idea where the government controls some programs, and the private sector controls others. It also pushes me for redistribution of wealth. Not everyone being the same, but not having a huge gap between the wealthy and everyone else. It is basically what the US has had for years, with more reforms. This is what most people call for and some refer to it as well regulated capitalism.
Democratic socialism is a stronger push towards socialism, and this is generally a small group of people.
I also don't think we want free market capitalism. We had that and it caused unlivable wages, terrible working conditions, biohazards, unsafe products and monopolies. It is also a big reason why unions were created. I also believe it would cause a quicker move toward automation which tend to be cheaper and require less benefits than a human worker.
RSNKailash on March 29th, 2019 at 18:06 UTC »
Those DAMN Socialists!!! /s
Songbird420 on March 29th, 2019 at 21:08 UTC »
THE WHOLE FUCKING PLANET IS CODEPENDANT TO SURVIVE. Look at nature.
foogly84 on March 29th, 2019 at 23:59 UTC »
People often confuse these economic systems and it creates problems having serious conversations about them.
Socialism is a classless society owning all property and means of production. Government is not society, it is a management system for society. So the government allocating resources and controlling all companies is not socialism. That is called a command economy. You also can't have a totalitarian dictator and have socialism. They, by definition, have total control of society, and in socialism the workers are supposed to be in control. Also true socialism has never truly been attempted on a long scale, and honestly I personally don't think it would work. It doesn't take in account human greed, need for superiority, and how it would function with the rest of the world.
What most people are calling for is either democratic socialism or social democracy.
Social democracy is a mixed economy idea where the government controls some programs, and the private sector controls others. It also pushes me for redistribution of wealth. Not everyone being the same, but not having a huge gap between the wealthy and everyone else. It is basically what the US has had for years, with more reforms. This is what most people call for and some refer to it as well regulated capitalism.
Democratic socialism is a stronger push towards socialism, and this is generally a small group of people.
I also don't think we want free market capitalism. We had that and it caused unlivable wages, terrible working conditions, biohazards, unsafe products and monopolies. It is also a big reason why unions were created. I also believe it would cause a quicker move toward automation which tend to be cheaper and require less benefits than a human worker.