If you're anti-socialism, does that mean you're inherently anti-social as well?

Electric Monk

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Fri Jun-17-11 04:45 PM
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Poll question: If you're anti-socialism, does that mean you're inherently anti-social as well?

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slackmaster

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Fri Jun-17-11 04:47 PM
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1. No, but people who live in communes are commune-ists

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Webster Green

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Fri Jun-17-11 04:52 PM
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2. Yes.

And if you hate liberals, you hate liberty.

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Taverner

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Fri Jun-17-11 04:59 PM
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3. LOL...no

I am a Socialist. But not all Socialists are progressives, and not all progressives are Socialist.

Employee owned companies - that is a Socialist idea however.

Alvarado Street Bakery, which was featured in Michael Moore's last movie, is a Socialist company. That is a GOOD thing.

Collective ownership, anarcho-syndicalism, all of these fall under the big tent of socialism.

So does Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Social Security, The Fire Department, The Police Department and strangely enough, the early days of Merrill Lynch.

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kenichol

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Fri Jun-17-11 05:25 PM
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4. Hm ...early days of ML. I"ll have to check that out

I would have said 'yes' to the question. And am now wondering if Blue Cross, which used to be a non-profit was therefore socialistic but is now for-profit so is it now anti-socialist?

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Taverner

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Fri Jun-17-11 05:27 PM
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5. Kaiser Permanente started off like that...kinda

KP is non profit, the company that employs the doctors is for profit - thinking about it makes you dizzy

ML was one of the first companies to introduce profit sharing, and it wasn't just the sales team that got a share

Things change, however, when the board becomes more corporate

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mmonk

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Fri Jun-17-11 05:27 PM
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6. In the past, I would have said no.

But that was then. That was before we went back to 19th century economic practice.

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elocs

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Fri Jun-17-11 08:07 PM
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7. I am not anti-socialism, but I am inherently anti-social. A secret schizoid.

I can deal with people, but I prefer not to.

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BeFree

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Fri Jun-17-11 08:22 PM
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8. No. I voted No

Edited on Fri Jun-17-11 08:32 PM by BeFree

Socialism is a system. It is not an individual thought or idea or action. Conflating the two is ridiculous.

This country's system is mainly socialist. But of course you will find few who even begin to understand what socialism even means, as evidenced in the ridiculous conflation in the op.

The road network is socialistic. Defense, too. Space program. The list of socialistic systems is long.
Being socialistic is what made this country great.

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bluestate10

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Fri Jun-17-11 08:31 PM
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9. The confusion is on the Left and the right.

The Left confuses socialism with marxism, and not surprisingly, so does the right. You are more on target, the country has more successfully operating socialist systems than it has of any other type. I was just thinking today as I drove home of what it would feel like to have to pay a toll on every road that I turned on to, or to have to pay to get a drink at a public fountain or pay to use a public toilet.

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BeFree

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Fri Jun-17-11 08:53 PM
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10. Whenever I hear a teabagger complain about socialism

I launch into a discussion of how, according to them, we should all be paying a toll as we enter the interstate highway. It is really odd how they then get to loving the socialism so damn quick.

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grahamhgreen

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Fri Jun-17-11 08:54 PM
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11. Yes. Means you may lean greedy.

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