Ok, so I understand why the RW is so scared of socialism

[Maeve]

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They have no friggin' clue what it is! I saw this post on a cousin's FB page and now have even more serious doubts about her brain functioning....(I don't follow her, but went to see what insanity she's been posting recently) Presented with the underlines and caps as written:

"Facebook is a perfect example of socialism. You get it for free. You have no say in how it works. The guy who runs it is rich. You have no privacy AND if you say one thing they don't like, they shut you up..."

The fact it has been up for over a month negates the last line, btw. And I'd say it is more of a description of capitalism (in the rich guy running it) or fascism (no say, no privacy, they shut you up) than anything that is defined as "a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole."

Back to ignoring the cousin.

[FakeNoose]

1. They don't know what socialism is, but they all know they hate it

[Shermann]

2. They like to keep it poorly defined

Socialism means a lot of things. But if you focus on just wealth inequality, I believe you can come up with a metric to determine if your economic system is a socialist system. You can use the infamous 1% statistic. In the US, the top 1% owns 40% of the nation's wealth. In a ideological socialist system, the top 1% would own...well...somewhere around 1% of the nation's wealth. On the flip side, 40% feels pretty close to unfettered capitalism to me.

So when you provide some simple definitions and metrics, you can see just how absurd of a slippery slope argument it really is.

[brooklynite]

3. Sadly, many people here don't know what Socialism is either...

SOCIALISM (noun): a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

[Maeve]

4. Yes..the idea that FB is "socialist" because "you have no say"

Is EXACTLY the opposite of the definition (regulated by the community as a whole).

Oooo...DU is socialistic in that way!

[Baked Potato]

5. The RW thinks Socialism means having to

sit in the same doctor’s office waiting room with the “others” to get their Medicare.

[Maeve]

6. Kicking for the morning