The collective resources of a country should belong to its people. The public treasury should not just be a slush fund for the rich.
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The first sentence is socialism. ❤️
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Not necessarily. Greedy people can misuse socialism as well as capitalism; a fairytale version of socialism some people are throwing around isn’t that helpful. It’s not so much socialism versus capitalism as it is institutionalized greed versus institutionalized ethical restraint
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Wrongly defining a term that has been demonized and used as a weapon against those who identify with it is whats really unhelpful.
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Replying to @4ammofo @ProudSocialist
Not even sure where we are in this conversation...?

Feb 6, 2021 · 7:10 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @ProudSocialist
It was a general statement or more a plea that more rigor should be used when extracting a definition from socialism because history hasn't treated the idea of socialism and the people who identify as socialist in the fairest of ways.
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Okay.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @4ammofo @ProudSocialist
The conversation started when Ryan Knight stated, "the first sentence is socialism" & you responded w/ "not necessarily". But that is the definition of socialism (I provided Oxford definition before). There's a lot of fear/ignorance around "socialism" & we should correct it, no?
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