You know the storey:
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
What Socialism would do.
Steal a fish from one guy and give it to another--and keep doing that on a daily basis--and make the first guy pissed off, and make the second guy lazy and dependent on the government. Then tell the second guy that the first guy is greedy for wanting to keep the fish he caught. Then the second guy will cheer for more stealing of fish. Then the government can prohibit anyone from fishing without getting permission from them. Then expand the racket, stealing fish from more people and buying the loyalty of others and get the recipients of the stolen fish to act as their hired thugs.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
What Socialism would do.
Steal a fish from one guy and give it to another--and keep doing that on a daily basis--and make the first guy pissed off, and make the second guy lazy and dependent on the government. Then tell the second guy that the first guy is greedy for wanting to keep the fish he caught. Then the second guy will cheer for more stealing of fish. Then the government can prohibit anyone from fishing without getting permission from them. Then expand the racket, stealing fish from more people and buying the loyalty of others and get the recipients of the stolen fish to act as their hired thugs.
by thafer January 13, 2019
A type of government that is between Capitalism and Communism. Socialism is a watered down form of communism and anyone who believes in it are communist who hate freedom.
by Chuckiewhite82 December 05, 2017
by zKevinTheCat January 14, 2022
by WanksEveryDay March 02, 2022
A pseudo-dictatorial system of government in which the elected officials rule with virtually totalitarian power. Citizens ruled by such regimes are forced to give up inordinate amounts of hard earned money in the form of ridiculously high taxes. This money goes to raise the standard of living for the impoverished who themselves are often perfectly capable of providing for themselves. Essentially, socialism is theft of hard earned assets to bring up the bottom line.
by Gfg March 16, 2017
The attempt of using government regulation to remove the social hierarchy from the economic system. Most attempts end in collapse from a traditional counter-culture, or remove themselves from power after failing to improve national conditions or fulfill promises. Unrelated to National Socialism.
Sweden uses a form of democratic socialism, and tend to see success due to a low, close-knit population:
“Anyone who supports socialism should be thrown from a helicopter.”
“Anyone who supports socialism should be thrown from a helicopter.”
by TheSoldierKing | iF November 03, 2017
Socialism is a transitional stage from the Capitalist relations of Production to the Communist relations of Production. During this transition the Working Class and Popular Masses impose the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, a Class Dictatorship that utilises the State Apparatus to serve their interests and the Constitution to defend Social Property the same way the Dictatorship of the Borgeousie imposes its own Class Dictatorship and utilises the State Apparatus to serve their interests and the Constitution to defend Private Property. When Private Property is abolished then there will be no need for a Class System and therefore no need for a State Apparatus for a Class to impose its rule upon an other and that leads to Communism.
Western Nations: You are a Communist State!
Newborn Worker's State: No. I'm a Socialist Republic and I will remain so till I develop the Communist relations of Production and World Socialism is achieved because like Capitalism, Communism is a World System.
Newborn Worker's State: No. I'm a Socialist Republic and I will remain so till I develop the Communist relations of Production and World Socialism is achieved because like Capitalism, Communism is a World System.
by TheDrunkML November 15, 2021