frigidweirdo
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Socialism is government control of the means of production. Communism is the same, but with the added removal of 'social classes', 'wealth gaps', and the State.I would never support a Socialist, I especially would never vote for a Communist. I don't care how honest he is, he'd 'honestly' destroy our economy, and everything that makes our country great. Integrity is useless when the individual is delusional.I know a lot of "righties" that liked sanders. It wasn't his policies, but the fact he seemed to have integrity and focused on American advancement instead of foreign.
I liked Bernie. If he was the nom, I would vote for him over trump now. I would probably regret it in the long run, because now I know what a sell out he was/is.
You've invited this line of question, since you're 14 years old ---- what is a "socialist"? What is a "communist"? And what is the difference?
Finally, what is a "Democratic Socialist"?
An oxymoron.
Removal of the State huh?
What about Democratic Socialism -- the one that actually applies to the election?
Have you heard this one before---
"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism --- it's the other way around"![]()
Yes, that's a core component.
Democratic Socialism is an oxymoron. There's no will of the people in absolute government power.
Under Communism man exploits man, and government exploits man. Absolute government power creates a very fragile nation, from the inside and the outside. Government controlling the means of production, private industry, cannot work. It's only made worse by the extra power the government gains through it.
Actually proper Communism would work where everyone works together as a team and no one is in charge of government, people just have their jobs that they do because they want to do, and want society to work well together.
The closest you might get to this is actually in the most primitive forms of humanity where people live together and survive together (or not) in the wilderness. Say like the Native Americans or other hunter gatherers. Yes there might be leadership in there, which takes it away from true Communism, but it's the closest because that leadership was more natural than what modern societies have.
The biggest problem is the inherent selfishness of human beings, so Communism won't work.