Redditsux@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days agoTrump Rages At Walmart For Raising Prices Over Tariffswww.mediaite.comexternal-linkmessage-square180linkfedilinkarrow-up1749arrow-down19
arrow-up1740arrow-down1external-linkTrump Rages At Walmart For Raising Prices Over Tariffswww.mediaite.comRedditsux@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square180linkfedilink
minus-squareDon_alForno@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day agoIt’s an element of a planned economy which has been more commonly used in authoritarian socialist countries but isn’t exclusive to them. (Fun fact because I just looked it up: There doesn’t seem to be one generally accepted definition of “socialism”.)
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·22 hours agoWorker ownership of the means of production. I.e. profits from goods and services go to those who provide them rather than investors.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-219 hours agoSocial ownership (public) of production, doesn’t have to be the workers State capitalism exists though, ROK and CCP are the more famous examples
minus-squareDon_alForno@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 hours agoThat’s communism. The two are not interchangeable.
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-217 hours agoNo it’s not. Socialism is compatible with economic and political systems beyond communism. Sorry, but you don’t know what you are talking about.
minus-squareMadzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoWhich is why I scream about employee ownership whenever I can. It’s the closest we can get in the states I think right now. NCEO
minus-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours agoI’d say a good loose definition is just ‘people pooling resources for the common good’ so basically all taxes and things paid for by taxes including the military.
It’s an element of a planned economy which has been more commonly used in authoritarian socialist countries but isn’t exclusive to them.
(Fun fact because I just looked it up: There doesn’t seem to be one generally accepted definition of “socialism”.)
Worker ownership of the means of production.
I.e. profits from goods and services go to those who provide them rather than investors.
Social ownership (public) of production, doesn’t have to be the workers
State capitalism exists though, ROK and CCP are the more famous examples
That’s communism. The two are not interchangeable.
No it’s not. Socialism is compatible with economic and political systems beyond communism. Sorry, but you don’t know what you are talking about.
Which is why I scream about employee ownership whenever I can. It’s the closest we can get in the states I think right now. NCEO
I’d say a good loose definition is just ‘people pooling resources for the common good’ so basically all taxes and things paid for by taxes including the military.