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EarnestPutz

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

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Mon Sep 16, 2019, 12:16 AM

Sep 2019

.... that society undertook to be responsible for some need that all or part of its members had at that time. This would include veterans health care, the highway system, bailing out banks and paying death benefits to those killed on Sept 11th.

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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