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socialism
/ˈsoʊʃəlɪzəm/
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What does socialism mean?
noun
- Any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.
- A system of social and economic equality in which there is no private property.
- A system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state.
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noun
- The intermediate phase of social development between capitalism and communism in Marxist theory in which the state has control of the means of production.
- Any of a group of later political philosophies, such as democratic socialism and social democracy, which do not envisage the need for full state ownership of the means of production nor transition to full communism, and which are typically based on principles of community decision making, social equality and the avoidance of economic and social exclusion, with economic policy giving first preference to community goals over individual ones.
- (derogatory) Any left-wing ideology, government regulations, or policies promoting a welfare state, nationalisation, etc.
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/ˈsoʊʃəlɪzəm/
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He was the kindest-hearted man that ever lived, and the liveliest—inexhaustible in his enthusiasm, and talking Socialism all day and all night.
It would not, however, be impossible for a triumphant Socialism to establish equality for a time by rigorously eliminating all superior individuals.
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They would be equally possible under State Socialism, and under certain circumstances they might even be carried out in a capitalistic regime.
Marxian Socialism, which seeks to solve the complex problem of human misery by economic and proletarian revolution, has manifested a new vitality.
I do not object to Socialism because it will revolutionize our commerce, but because it will leave it so horribly the same.