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minus-squarewolfarine@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52arrow-down2·2 days agoSo the “elected” government is trying to control prices? Isn’t that the definition of socialism?
minus-squareDon_alForno@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 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-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoWorker ownership of the means of production. I.e. profits from goods and services go to those who provide them rather than investors.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 day 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-squareDon_alForno@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoThat’s communism. The two are not interchangeable.
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 day 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-squareMadzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day 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-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day 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.
minus-squareTigeroovy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 days agoSocialism is only bad when the left does it.
So the “elected” government is trying to control prices? Isn’t that the definition of socialism?
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.
Socialism is only bad when the left does it.
Or the poors
No