On 3/15/2019 2:20 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 12:46:56 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On 3/15/2019 8:58 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
>>> C'mon, they don't even know what socialist means. They've been taught
>>> that it must be really bad by those who want to keep their power.
>>> Most people watch TV and Fox for entertainment, nothing so serious as
>>> understanding their government.
>>>
>>
>> Simple definition:
>> An economic system in which the production and distribution of goods are
>> controlled substantially by the government rather than by private
>> enterprise, and in which cooperation rather than competition guides
>> economic activity. There are many varieties of socialism.
>>
>>
>> That sounds nice, but do you want the government to control everything?
>> Do you want the government to determine the cars we drive, the types of
>> housing to be built, how much money we can earn? Government control of
>> food production? What the stores will carry?
>>
>> Then you move to the Democratic Socialits
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_socialism
>> Democratic socialism is a political philosophy that advocates political
>> democracy alongside social ownership of the means of production.
>> Democratic socialism is the wing of the socialist movement that combines
>> a belief in a socially owned economy with that of political
>> democracy.</ref> with an emphasis on self-management and democratic
>> management of economic institutions within a market or some form of
>> decentralized planned socialist economy.[1] Democratic socialists
>> espouse that capitalism is inherently incompatible with what they hold
>> to be the democratic values of liberty, equality and solidarity; and
>> that these ideals can only be achieved through the realization of a
>> socialist socie
>>
>>
>> Now, please tell us what you think it is and what you would like to happen.
>
> Why do you only offer two forms of socialism as choices? A democratic
> socialist isn't the same thing as a social democrat, by the way. You
> hear the word "social" and you get spams because you think it refers
> to socialism.
>

So, why not explain the difference? Rather than educate do you just
want to irritate?