Socialism

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Introduction
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Socialism, economic and social system under which essential industries and social services are publicly and cooperatively owned and democratically controlled with a view to equal opportunity and equal benefit for all. The term socialism also refers to the doctrine behind this system and the political movement inspired by it.
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Socialism was originally based in the working class and has generally been opposed to capitalism, which is based on private ownership and a free-market economy. Socialists have advocated nationalization (government ownership and control) of natural resources, basic industries, banking and credit institutions, and public utilities. Seems to be what obama wants to do with the banks and morgage companys.
Although the ultimate aim of early socialists was a communist or classless society (see Communism), later socialists have increasingly concentrated on social reforms within capitalism.
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Socialism Compared with Communism
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Thetermssocialismand communism were once used interchangeably. Communism, however, came to designate those theories and movements that advocated the abolition of capitalism and all private profit, by means of violent revolution if necessary. This doctrine was originally put forth by German theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Vladimir Lenin, who headed the Soviet government after the Russian Revolutions of 1917, defined a socialist society as one in which the workers, free from capitalist exploitation, receive the full product of their labor. Most socialists denied the claim of Communists to have achieved socialism in the Soviet Union. They regarded the Soviet government as an authoritarian tyranny.
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Themodernsocialistmovement, as distinguished from Communism, had its origin largely in the late 19th century. The worsening condition of the proletariat, or workers, in western Europe had not brought about the class war predicted by Marx. Many socialist thinkers began to doubt the necessity of revolution and to revise other basic tenets of Marxism. They declared that socialism could best be attained by reformist, parliamentary, and evolutionary methods, including the support of the middle class.
Seems to me this is what the dems. in controll want

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socialism


noun

1.
a political theory advocating state ownership of industry

2.
an economic system based on state ownership of capital[ant
so·cial·ism

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(sÅ�'shÉ™-lÄ*z'É™m) Pronunciation Key
n.
[*]Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy.[*]The stage in Marxist-Leninist theory intermediate between capitalism and communism, in which collective ownership of the economy under the dictatorship of the proletariat has not yet been successfully achieved.[*][*]soâ‹…cialâ‹…ism"‚

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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.[/align]
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[etothepii]

Seems to be what obama wants to do with the banks and morgage companys.

Lots of Rep's wanting this too. I'll tell you what: the bail-out needs to have an exit strategy. Government money in, government money out, once the economy stabilizes.

[BigTiny]

ORIGINAL: etothepii

Lots of Rep's wanting this too. I'll tell you what: the bail-out needs to have an exit strategy. Government money in, government money out, once the economy stabilizes.

As much as I like slapping Hussein around, the Federal Reserve has been at this for a long time before he was born over in Kenya. He may like the idea, but he didn't invent it.

[bigtim6656]

i do agree to many people supporting this stuff. I feel mccain would be up in the polls if he came out against this in the beginning