nodsocket@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoAmericans who believe in Socialism, if you were given the opportunity to immigrate to a country with socialist policies, would you?message-squaremessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down129
arrow-up1151arrow-down1message-squareAmericans who believe in Socialism, if you were given the opportunity to immigrate to a country with socialist policies, would you?nodsocket@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square131fedilink
minus-squareCommunist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down4·2 years agoThat’s state capitalism, and has nothing to do with socialism. The workers control the means of production under socialism, not the government, this makes it in no way socialist by any commonly used definition of socialism by philosophers.
minus-squareboyi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoYou seem to know what you are talking about. Can you ELI5 the difference between communism and sosialism, in the shortest possible words?
minus-squareunnecessarygoat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoif the government functions as a worker’s union is that state capitalism or socialism?
That’s state capitalism, and has nothing to do with socialism.
The workers control the means of production under socialism, not the government, this makes it in no way socialist by any commonly used definition of socialism by philosophers.
You seem to know what you are talking about. Can you ELI5 the difference between communism and sosialism, in the shortest possible words?
if the government functions as a worker’s union is that state capitalism or socialism?
State capitalism.