nodsocket@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoAmericans who believe in Socialism, if you were given the opportunity to immigrate to a country with socialist policies, would you?message-squaremessage-square130fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square130fedilink
minus-squareCommunist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down4·1 year 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-squareunnecessarygoat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year 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.
if the government functions as a worker’s union is that state capitalism or socialism?
State capitalism.