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Anonymous 7087dc26a9a2e55607353802175f9598 started this discussion 2 months (2008-10-11 15:52:46 UTC) ago:
I don't wanna hear that socialism is "communism light" or something vague like that. And I don't want Wikipedia links. Just explain the difference(s), please.
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Anonymous be90012d7b58e48aa870a65dad8fe18e replied with this 2 months (2008-10-11 16:38:53 UTC) ago, 46 minutes later (#68,546):
I feel very tempted to show you the copypasta like" Feudalism: you have two cows, you give some of your milk to your lord"
But basically Socailism is less facist and still has some private stuff.
Anonymous b67ec96100450a28cc736009653f4c4f replied with this 2 months (2008-10-11 16:45:32 UTC) ago, 7 minutes later (#68,548):
Real communism means that there is no property and everyone is completely equal, however this could never work out (as humans are corrupt and will always try to put themselves higher than others).
Socialism means that the state controls some things but not all. For example in Germans some of the banks belong to the state. Socialized medicine is also one of the main points of socialism, to Americans this normally sounds like communism, but socialized medicine is a great thing if worked out properly.
Anonymous 34d82ef49bcc7a2152531456dd866487 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-11 16:48:16 UTC) ago, 3 minutes later (#68,550):
@68,548haha, America will never have socialised healthcare, as they would never be able to work it properly as it's full of complete fuckwits.
Anonymous f2027950e4be815c7bf38aca24b9f40d replied with this 2 months (2008-10-11 17:21:02 UTC) ago, 33 minutes later (#68,558):
@68,550You must be a brit.
Anonymous d418576f208becc29f408e1e6b1d6db8 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-11 17:30:14 UTC) ago, 9 minutes later (#68,560):
Communism is where the wealth is split up evenly between everyone.
Socialism is where wealth it redistributed from the richest to the poorest.
America will not have socialized healthcare because the rich healthcare companies do not want to loose their advantage. If it did they would find the standards of care would be better and the healthcare system would be more efficient. At present those who can afford healthcare pay enormous amounts, a lot of which go to HMO fat cats instead of to their actual treatment. So in the end it sucks for everyone. Look at healthcare league tables and you will see that the USA is on par with third world countries.
Anonymous 4c02b9101fb18980fc28c341b67d26e8 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-11 18:21:45 UTC) ago, 52 minutes later (#68,588):
Communism is basically everyone working together (strong left). Capitalism is basically every man for himself (strong right). Socialism is a mix of the two, things that are deemed important are shared, and things that are deemed less important are private.
Anonymous 34d82ef49bcc7a2152531456dd866487 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-11 19:49:14 UTC) ago, 1 hour later (#68,608):
@68,558I am actually, yes.
Anonymous 96b5fb828df5f2340444e5f1a8b22619 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-11 20:47:54 UTC) ago, 59 minutes later (#68,629):
It should be pointed out that in the United States, the government is the HMO Fat Cats. HMO's are an invention of their government, and were forced onto employers and insurance companies.
Healthcare also works out great in a free market, but you would have to let that market be completely free. The American government suffers from Niggaritis though. It's a common condition amongst many African Americans, and is classified as a mental disease. Those who suffer from it "can't let nobody have what they aint got".In the case of American government, this would be money.
Anonymous 151bd5edf4444d0cd35d6d2a77d72cd6 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-12 04:04:58 UTC) ago, 7 hours later (#68,761):
Communism is Socialist economy mixed with Fascist government. That is the most simple way I can say it.
To be more exact, Socialism is everyone getting an equal share regardless of their effort. Communism is most people getting small shares, while the government and a few elites get massive shares, all in the name of "Our country is #1!" Communism just uses socialist theory and ideology to justify their actions to the people they enslave.
The difference between Socialism and Communism is the way the theory is applied. Socialism is getting robbed in the name of your fellow countryman, Communism is getting robbed in the name of your country.
Anonymous 739af9f3aa7e32089950aa29dceb0a5f replied with this 2 months (2008-10-12 07:54:04 UTC) ago, 4 hours later (#68,841):
Communism-Government owns ALL resources
Socialism-Government owns MOST resources
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Anonymous c01e5cb27bbc295746b5dda724bd9e74 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-13 13:11:28 UTC) ago, 1 day later (#69,257):
Very simple.
Socialism is the use of the state to redistribute wealth to the poor.
Communism is defined differently, for instance in Marxism the plan is to abolish states and classes, Leninism creates a state which the intent of dramatically reducing class difference, Maoism actually retains a sense of classes…
They all have in common the dramatic reduction of inequality, sometimes absolutely. This is pretty silly because people have different abilities and efforts so it is fair to pay them differently. If people do earn differently, then you automatically end up with a class system of some form.
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