On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 15:39:58 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 3/15/2019 3:12 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 15:05:39 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>
>> Because of your choice of two forms of socialism to make some kind of
>> clueless point. I think you were confusing a social democrat and a
>> democratic socialist.
>>
>> S O C I A L vs. S O C I A L I S T
>>
>> It's social to keep the door open for someone, but it doesn't make you
>> a socialist.
>>
>OK, so you don't know either.
>
>I do know I don't want the government ruling my life.

Here we go again. You're still stuck on socialism. You really live in
the dark ages.