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lastlib

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3. As they do with everything, GOPhers have twisted it and....

Reply to Poiuyt (Original post)

Sun Sep 15, 2019, 10:49 PM

Sep 2019

deformed it to try to fit their view of the world. It has become just any policy right-wingers don't like---pure and simple. They Do. Not. Want a better society where the strong help the weak, the healthy help the sick, the rich help the poor. For them it's survival of the fittest--Spencerian Darwinism. That is all.

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Has the definition of socialism changed in recent years? [View all] Poiuyt Sep 2019 OP

I think the GOP sprinkle the word "socialism " and "socialist " secondwind Sep 2019 #1

no, socialism is still anything government does to help the "little people." rampartc Sep 2019 #2

As they do with everything, GOPhers have twisted it and.... lastlib Sep 2019 #3

No, the definition hasn't changed. Some progressives confuse Democratic socialism with the pnwmom Sep 2019 #4

either we own them or they own us DBoon Sep 2019 #6

Why describe Social Democracies by using a definition of Democratic Socialsim? Bavorskoami Sep 2019 #7

I am not. I am CONTRASTING them. I gave the definition from the Democratic Socialists pnwmom Sep 2019 #9

Socialism is the new safeinOhio Sep 2019 #5

Years ago I read that socialism, in it's broadest sense, was defined as any time... EarnestPutz Sep 2019 #8

Maybe so, but that's not the dictionary definition. pnwmom Sep 2019 #11

Like I said, this was years ago. The word "socialism" has evolved.... EarnestPutz Sep 2019 #17

Well..the definition of Capitalism hasn't changed either, yet.... Xolodno Sep 2019 #10

As an actual Socialist, posts like this make me want to slam my face into my keyboard... Humanist_Activist Sep 2019 #12

It doesn't matter what YOU think the definition is. Lucid Dreamer Sep 2019 #13

I agree with you that it's a wrong label to use. And the dictionary agrees with us. pnwmom Sep 2019 #18

Republicans are for 'Socialism' to benefit their richest donors only. Lock him up. Sep 2019 #14

Socialist/socialism are the Communist/communism of today, they are scare words because that works. elocs Sep 2019 #15

Some folks deliberately distort the meaning malaise Sep 2019 #16

There are fundamental differences between the capitalist Social Democracies, pnwmom Sep 2019 #20

I disagree - there are differences between Social Democracies and malaise Sep 2019 #21

Those social Democracies are well-regulated capitalist countries with strong safety nets. pnwmom Sep 2019 #22

Socialism seems to have become a casual "smear word" Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2019 #19