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The Encarta World English Dictionary defines the noun socialism:
"1. POLITICAL SYSTEM OF COMMUNAL OWNERSHIP a political theory or system in which
the means of production and distribution are controlled by the people and operated
according to equity and fairness rather than market principles
"2. MOVEMENT BASED ON SOCIALISM any of several political movements or theories of the
19th and 20th centuries based on principles of socialism, typically advocating an end to
private property and the exploitation of workers
"3. STAGE BETWEEN CAPITALISM AND COMMUNISM in Marxist theory, the stage after the
proletarian revolution when a society is changing from capitalism to communism, marked
by pay distributed according to work done rather than need"
Again, socialism is communal ownership, not state ownership. Socialism is socialist, not
statist.
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Posted by rallen2 on 2009-10-24 14:51:33 | Rating: | Views: 8
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