30 Jan 2023 10:44 am
Hey Puss....Not in the actual - CORRECT - sense of the word. Socialism, accurately defined, is a form of government where the central government owns and manages the means of production. A country cannot be a little bit socialist any more than a woman can be a little bit pregnant. Either you are or you aren't. Either government OWNS and OPERATES the means of production for the economy or it doesn't. The NYSE is, this very morning, selling shares of ownership in the means of production for our country across every single sector of our economy. People own the means of production for America, not the government. We are a capitalist country that has decided, as most countries have around the world since the time we crawled out of caves and started forming villages, that some functions in life are better handled collectively rather than individually. Shared control of the cost of snow removal or fire/crime prevention, or bridge/tunnel/canal construction and maintenance or healthcare, or water/sewerage treatment is not SOCIALISM, it is just smart capitalism. Uncle Sam is not going to buy up Microsoft or Tyson Foods, or John Deere, or General Motors or LL Bean or Victoria's Secret. Uncle Sam is not going to force farmer John to sell his farm to the government and plant only what he is told to plant. We have a capitalist economy. Period.Buffalo » 30 Jan 2023, 9:43 am » wrote: ↑ Hey puss, all you just mentioned IS socialism!!!
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