Socialism
Political Concept
China tries to fix crumbling health care system...the crumbling health care system. China once provided rudimentary but universal care to everyone. But as the country shifted from socialism to a market economy over the past 30 years, health care frayed. Medical costs soared faster than... In this article: China, William Hsiao, Harvard University, World Bank, and Chongqing |
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South Bend Tribune | 9 hours ago
If property is worth so much, county should buy it
...adopt socialism, but, under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." After 9/11, the Republicans forced...
In this article: St. Joseph County, North Dakota, Minnesota Children's Museum, Bowl Championship Series, University of Notre Dame football, Revenue, Socialist Party of America, and Texas Christian University
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The Australian | 2 days ago
Pros and cons of product differentiation
...1996 election. The Liberal Party of Menzies always had a defining difference with the Labor Party it could keep coming back to: socialism. The days of the Cold War provided Menzies with a constant calling card to keep the base...
In this article: Malcolm Turnbull, Liberal Party, Labor Party, Robert Menzies, Liberal Party, John Howard, and Climate change
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AP Online | 3 days ago
Mujica headed for presidential victory in Uruguay
...winner will begin a five-year term on March 1, 2010. Lacalle has said Mujica would push the country from a stable democracy toward socialism, and into ideological alliances with presidents Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Cristina Fernandez...
In this article: Jose Mujica, Luis A. Lacalle, Uruguay, Tabare Vazquez, Tax, Broad Front, Democracy, and Social-Democracy
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San Antonio News | 3 days ago
Long march to socialism begins
...words of Black Panther radical Bobby Seale, thus sealing our doom as a unique and wonderful nation. Welcome to the U.S.S.A., the United Socialist States of America. Readers are solely responsible for the content of the comments they post...
In this article: Ideology, God, Ovarian cancer, Walker Percy, Health and Human Services, and States of America
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The Spokesman Review | 5 days ago
A move to socialism - Tue, 24 Nov 2009 PST
...of the auto industry, finance and industry and the ongoing attempt to regulate and control our health care aren't a move toward socialism, I don't know what is. Oh wait! Actually I think the government already has some control of...
In this article: Best interests, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Washington
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Boston Globe -- Editorial / Opinion | 7 days ago
Failures of socialism
..."principles of fairness and equity'' he rightly honors were and are conspicuously absent in societies that have actually tried socialism, as opposed to the illusion of what socialism should be according to Almond and those with similar views.
In this article: Central Committee, Capitalism, Sweden, Soviet Union, Cuba, Cambodia, and China
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Huffington Post | November 18, 2009
Biden On The Bailout: 'Socialism For The Rich And Capitalism For The Poor' (VIDEO)
Read More: Biden Capitalism, Biden Cowboy Mentality, Biden Daily Show, Biden Socialism, Biden Wall Street, Joe Biden Tarp, Joseph Biden, Video, Politics News In an interview with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central's The Daily Show Tuesday...
In this article: Joe Biden, Capitalism, Wall Street, Oxygen, Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, Ideology, and Recession
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The Michigan Daily | November 16, 2009
Viewpoint: Socialism - the new 's' word
...screaming the new "s" word. On Wednesday, I read Vincent Patsy's column which warned of all the "socialism" brewing in America (The Price of Socialism, 11/11/2009). Patsy rightly points out that true socialism occurs when the state owns and...
In this article: Medicare, Food and Drug Administration, U.S., Brewing, Capitalism, Conservatism, and Means of production
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Greenville Online | November 15, 2009
Letter: Clear up confusion about socialism
...not mean a closed party-run system without democratic rights. Those things are the very opposite of socialism. Socialism, as the American Socialist Daniel DeLeon defined it, is that social system under which the necessaries of production...
In this article: Democracy and Socialist Labor Party
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The Spokesman Review | November 15, 2009
Socialism always fails - Sun, 15 Nov 2009 PST
...of Obama and czars - so they can replant Marxist jobs for you - jobs that are government-run and he will have to have a Gestapo watching over you, because without freedom there is no incentive to work. That is why socialism always fails.
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Socialism refers to various theories of economic organization advocating public or direct worker ownership and administration of the means of production and allocation of resources, and a society characterized by equal access to resources for all individuals with an egalitarian method of compensation. In Marxist theory, socialism is a transitional phase between capitalism and communism characterized by unequal distribution of goods and compensation according to work done. Contrary to popular belief, socialism is not a political system; it is an economic system distinct from capitalism, an ideology expounding the setting up of an alternative system, using intervention.
Most socialists share the view that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital and derives its wealth through exploitation, creates an unequal society, does not provide equal opportunities for everyone to maximize their potentialities and does not utilize technology and resources to their maximum potential nor in the interests of the public.
Therefore socialists advocate the creation of a society that allows for the widespread application of modern technology to rationalize economic activity by eliminating the anarchy in production of capitalism, allowing for wealth and power to be distributed based on the amount of work expended in production, although there is considerable disagreement among socialists over how and to what extent this could be achieved, and whether increased production should be the main goal of socialists. Socialism means different things to different people, it can simply be a way of mediating decision-making within a society. Thus the degree of Centralism in creating socialism, just as in capitalism or neo-liberalism, is a feature of debate.
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