re: #656 darthstar

Good luck, and please excuse my sarcasm. I just don’t think that the ‘socialism’ being supported by Democrats is nearly as bad as the ‘socialism’ most people think of when they hear that word.

Perhaps because when “socialism” is being used as a pejorative, it is used with an utter disregard to its actual definition.

socialism   [soh-shuh-liz-uhm]
–noun
1.
a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
2.
procedure or practice in accordance with this theory.
3.
(in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.