The poll (PDF) from Democracy Corps finds that 55 percent of likely voters believe that the word “socialist” describes the president either “well” or “very well.”
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I mean, I guess he passed a law for sort-of socialized medicine, but other than that? Not a socialist.
95.8% of the American public needs a definition of socialism so that they can decide for themselves instead of reiterating “LOL SOCIALIST!!!1”.
don’t i seem more important now that i’m using percentages?
and, just for the fuck of it…
here are a few definitions, courtesy of dictionary.com.
An economic system in which the production and distribution ofgoods are controlled substantially by the government rather thanby private enterprise, and in which cooperation rather thancompetition guides economic activity. There are many varieties ofsocialism. Some socialists tolerate capitalism, as long as thegovernment maintains the dominant influence over the economy;others insist on an abolition of private enterprise. Allcommunists are socialists, but not all socialists are communists.socialism definition
so·cial·ism
[soh-shuh-liz-uh
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Show IPA–noun1.a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means ofproduction and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in thecommunity as a whole.
