How To Explain Socialism Clearly In a Way That Actually Persuades People
“ Socialism is a society whose top priority is meeting all of its people’s needs, ranging from food, shelter, and health care, to art, culture, and companionship. In contrast, capitalism only cares about any of that basic human necessities stuff to the extent that money can be made of it.” Danny Katch
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@heatherdale I love this explanation.
Socialism is more of a mission - taking care of everyone - than a particular set of policies.
@AskTheDevil @heatherdale Not only a mission (not saying it isn´t), it´s also a set of policies that can variate depending on what view of socialism one´s talking about. The mission can´t be accomplished without certain policies.
@Uselessdogs @heatherdale I hesitate to dictate what policies forever must be considered integral. Can you give me an example?
@AskTheDevil @heatherdale
First, I´d like to point out that socialism manages certain concepts without which it cannot be understood. That´s why I linked the wikipedia article in first instance. These can be "ownership", which can be private or social, and "production". To touch and manage these concepts you need policies. Policies implemented by State.
As for the classical socialism you can find plenty of examples in history and judge the policies yourself.
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More specific that using State and it´s taxes?- Hard to find it. It´s not that I have anything in mind, it´s what has been used by social democracy (classic socialism goes farther in that, no private ownership for example). It´s already used. Europe is a huge social democratic state.
@Uselessdogs @heatherdale I thought you meant certain specific policies that you had in mind.