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Originally Posted by Typhoid
Stupidly commenting on this because an argument is bound to ensue - I'm aware of what socialism is. As I said. I am asking what peoples opinions are on socialism. From the broad, to the minute. What do you think of it as a whole, what do you think of specific ideas. Are you for/against - why? What ideas do you like, why/why not. That type of thing.
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Ok, as whole (government policy) I think socialism is dehumanizing and inevitably crushes those it aims to help under it's own weight and devolves rather quickly into a authoritarian regime with few human rights.
As individual structures, I think it can work for small things when run locally, like in the public school system, but the larger it gets, the more unwieldy and ineffectual it becomes.
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And I was asking the opinion on the socialism that is all the rage now in the news. I figured it would be pretty obvious I wasn't talking Communism or any form of Marxism. I honestly thought it was fairly blatent that I was talking the type of socialism that the media is so afraid will happen in the U.S.
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Ok, but just to clarify, do you think either Bond or myself were referencing communism in our original posts?