Socialism is.....

[GGT]

...fill in the blank.

For all the political groups fighting against SSSocialism, I dare to ask how/why they can also promise to keep Social Security or Medicare alive and solvent.

Also, when it comes to the basics of life, like water.....are you a SSSocialist if you believe government has a responsibility and duty to protect/control/regulate water?

How did SSSocialism get such a bad wrap when most people are actually SSSocialists?

[earthJoker]

You mean social security and universal healthcare are enough for a socialist country? Well than the US lost the cold war after all.

[GGT]

You mean social security and universal healthcare are enough for a socialist country? Well than the US lost the cold war after all.

No, I'm asking people what they think "Socialism" means.

[earthJoker]

Sorry my question was maybe not phrased well enough, let's try again:

Do you mean social security and universal healthcare are all it needs to make a country a socialist country?

Or simpler is Switzerland in your eyes a socialist country?

[GGT]

Sorry my question was maybe not phrased well enough, let's try again:

Do you mean social security and universal healthcare are all it needs to make a country a socialist country?

Or simpler is Switzerland in your eyes a socialist country?

I was just challenging Americans who think the USA isn't SSocialist at all, even though they rely on SSocialist principles, as part of a social contract with government for essentials like water. See Flint, Michigan.

Or that NYC, after being attacked on 9/11, was treated as a national symbol for private and governmental relationships......they just didn't want to call that Socialism, either.

I want to know if people think SSSocialsm is bad or good, when storms threaten their own homes/businesses, or someone else's.....and what role insurance and lawyers play.

I want to know what people like Lewk think about risk analysis, when they have a bias against certain people, and certain cultures, and can influence rates/premiums for everyone else.

[earthJoker]

If you only want to discuss with Lewk, why don't you just say so?

BTW why aren't you sleeping?

[Lewkowski]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

[Being]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

Come on Lewk, state doesn't need to own the means of production to extract the state's share of the proceeds. That is such an outdated definition of socialism I can't believe it's still in print. Why would I (as a state) want to own something when I can simply tax it?