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SouthernDem2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 08:56 AM Original message |
Curious, How many here are socialist? |
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Feathered Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. A lot will probably deny it |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. Mixed. |
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Dob Bole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. yes, definition A |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. Marxist |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. No, I'm definitely not for B*sh owning the means for distributing goods. |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. The term "socialist generally included "libertarian-socialist" |
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SouthernDem2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Anarchism is the complete opposite of socialism. |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
37. If you mean the"statist socialisn" model that the far right |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
49. You reall should read a little before commenting. |
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SouthernDem2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. Take your own advice. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm not |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. That's rather a strict definition of a socialist |
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Alpharetta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. Can I be a "little bit" socialist? |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
10. Not at all. The modern liberal state depends on a capitalist economy. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
11. Democratic Socialist |
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LiberallyInclined (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. same here. |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
12. democratic socialism |
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ikri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
13. What sort of definition of Socialism is that? |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Great clarification |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
33. Hi ikri!! |
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ikri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:25 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. thanks for the welcome newyawker99 |
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Stirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
48. Exactly right. That Merriam-Webster definition of socialism is garbage. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
56. absolutely |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
14. Nope, but I'm socialist |
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Alpharetta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
15. blind faith in "efficient markets" for justice |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
16. I tend to lean that way, |
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TN al (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
17. I'm pretty sure I am a socialist... |
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rogerashton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
18. The "normal since" (SIC!) is itself propaganda. |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
21. Libertarian Socialist here |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:18 AM Response to Reply #21 |
41. I recall reading "World Of Our Fathers", by Irving Howe |
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inslee08 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
22. The best would definitely be a mix |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
23. The more I think about it, I'm probably an Anarchist. |
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SouthernDem2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I do not understand... |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. It's possible you don't understand - many people don't. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:03 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Anarchism is technically part of the socialist tradition |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #31 |
42. I knew a committed anarchist in grad school. Loved the idea |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
50. Anarchism doesn't equate with "anarchy". |
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AG78 (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
24. Sure, why not |
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Dr Ron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
25. For the opposing viewpoint |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
26. hmmm...by that definition, not so much. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
28. I'm for capitalism. REGULATED capitalism |
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ThorsHammer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:24 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. That sounds good |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
30. Not by that definition, I'm not. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
32. ecosocialist |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
36. American socialists have made their contributions |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Read The Long Detour |
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Briarius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
39. I am |
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Stop_the_War (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
43. Democratic Socialist |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
44. does opposing privitization of SS make one a socialist? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
45. I don't think socialism works without some sort of revolutionary or |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
60. qausi-socialist communities do exist in USA |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 02:47 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. I couldn't get a quick answer from their website (and really can't be |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
46. Deleted message |
radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
47. I'm a socialist... A democrat, liberal, feminist socialist, to be exact. |
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GoldenOldie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Whats in a label? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
52. Anarchist. Which means that I'm a socialist. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 04:59 PM Response to Reply #52 |
67. Another good clarification |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
53. I consider myself socialist, but that definition sounds like communism. nt |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
54. As I've said on other capitalist vs. socialist threads... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
55. Your definitions seem more about communism. |
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Tactical Progressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
57. The term "socialism" has no meaning |
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Tactical Progressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. btw |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
59. I am a Democratic Socialist |
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FuzzySlippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. I would characterize myself the same way. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
61. As opposed to THIS? |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
65. Not me. |
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Locut0s (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
66. Not by that entire definition, but to some extent yes. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
68. I accept the label socialist but not the dictionary definition |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
69. Democratic Socialist |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
70. I agree with those who have said you need a better definition. Also, |
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