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Humanist_Activist

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1. *Slams head into desk* That's not Socialism, Socialism is when workers own and control the means...

Reply to Prosper (Original post)

Sat Dec 7, 2019, 11:08 AM

Dec 2019

of production through some democratic means.

You are talking about Social Democracy, which is a compromise position made up by literal Oligarchs and Nobility, in Germany, where it first blossomed, to stave off a worker's revolution.

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People don't understand what socialism and right wing capitalism are. If they did the country would [View all] Prosper Dec 2019 OP

*Slams head into desk* That's not Socialism, Socialism is when workers own and control the means... Humanist_Activist Dec 2019 #1

That is the problem. Nobody absolutely nobody is Prosper Dec 2019 #4

People don't understand that we don't win political fights by arguing about definitions struggle4progress Dec 2019 #2

When a definition is aberrated like Trump does it Prosper Dec 2019 #5

That approach may simply give Trump control of the convdersation struggle4progress Dec 2019 #6

True and it works, unchallenged Trump is the definition. Prosper Dec 2019 #7

Talk about the concrete policies and programs and skip the abstract debate struggle4progress Dec 2019 #8

Some people do and some people don't. abqtommy Dec 2019 #3