There are libertarian socialists.  If a society can be libertarian, then there can be a libertarian socialism. There can be a state-socialism, which is statist, rather than socialist,... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-05-10 21:46:07
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May 8, 2008: It appears that in the current Democrat Primary climate, Senator Obama will be the party's presidential nominee, and there's a good chance, at this time, that Obama could win the... Read More
Posted by: jchernic on 2008-05-08 07:37:18
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I try to be very clear concerning the principles of the social-democracy I advocate. The principles of socialism and of democracy must inform the possible practices of both socialism and... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-04-19 10:52:30
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Signs of a Less Kinder Socialism April 12, 2008: The way things stand on this date, I don't think I will be able to vote for any of the presidential candidates come November. Each of the... Read More
Posted by: jchernic on 2008-04-12 22:25:44
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April 9, 2008: Political Correctness is well on its way to destroy the liberties we have been granted as citizens of this country. And political correctness doesn't only mean, as we used to... Read More
Posted by: jchernic on 2008-04-09 18:48:16
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April 3, 2008: The truth about Obama's political concepts is finally exposed - although maybe not intentionally. Answering a question about college loans on the Chris Matthews show yesterday, Obama... Read More
Posted by: jchernic on 2008-04-03 13:34:44
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Emma darling, I am SO excited about what is going on in Venezuela right now. My friend Ben showed me a couple movies about it: Venezuela Bolivariana (I watched this one a few weeks ago, it gives... Read More
Posted by: ramie on 2008-03-24 20:01:38
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There are two different dictionary-definitions of "socialism".  The statist meaning of socialism is given in dictionaries because there are socialists who do have a statist... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-03-18 12:49:06
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We already have a material solution to the problem of material scarcity, thanks to capitalism's own encouragement of industrial development and of technological progress. Of course,... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-03-18 10:25:33
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The moral attitude of trustworthy and praiseworthy individuals has always set proper limits to excessive self-interest. Socialism will very likely collapse into statism if the... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-24 13:51:15
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Although a society may be capitalist, such a society is not self-governed; but rather, a capitalist society is governed by capital, or by a political state that is influenced and governed... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-24 13:39:17
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Both "society" and "socialism" are derived from the Latin word "socius", which means: united, associated, allied, shared, joint, companion, associate, fellow,... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-24 13:24:57
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Like capitalism, socialism is both a political and economic system. Although authoritarian socialism certainly is abominable, democratic socialism is evidently imaginable. In... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-24 13:22:48
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There have been no successful socialist experiments in our modern times.  There have been no democratic practices of socialism in our modern times. Because authoritarian... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-24 11:09:07
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Without an authentic democracy, a direct and deliberative democracy, a participatory and cooperative democracy, there can be no authentic socialism. There is no requirement... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-24 10:28:30
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Solutions originate from within. Every problem that is created or caused by human beings can also be resolved and eradicated by human beings. If we made it, caused it, hatched it,... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-18 18:09:51
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In capitalism, the products of productive labor, including capital, belong to the class of capital proprietors. In socialism/communism, the products of productive labor, including the... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-18 10:27:10
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The People's Republic of China is not a truly socialist republic.  It is more like a bourgeois liberal welfare-state. It is not a libertarian and democratic society, and so it is not a... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 12:23:52
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Income is value; and risk does not produce value.  Labor produces value. Workers risk their time and their education; but, they do what proprietors do not do -- workers produce value by... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 12:20:48
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Government controls the lives of people here in the United States. Employers control the work of people here in the United States. And, here in the United States, value is taken from labor... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 12:15:14
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When was the United States a truly capitalist nation-state? The big difficulty in discussions of capitalism vs. socialism is that the United States is usually accused of being... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 11:29:50
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There are those who will say that "classes will always exist". Class is an existing fact. But, the assertion that "classes will always exist" is a... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 10:46:22
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I do not advocate an authoritarian model of communism. I also do not advocate an authoritarian form of socialism. Any system that forces people to sacrifice themselves for the common good... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 09:30:40
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I have read the few books books by Norman Thomas that I have been able to purchase. Thomas did not like authoritarian communism; but, authoritarian communism is not necessarily synonymous... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 09:25:37
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There is as much difference between the names communism and socialism as there is between the words community and society. "I maintain that superstition is more hurtful... Read More
Posted by: rallen2 on 2008-02-17 09:18:10
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