Do you know what a SOCIALIST is?

Question

If so, please let me know. I see many people labeling certain presidential candidates as socialist, but they never explain what makes that particular person a socialist. Do you know the definition of socialism what entails a person to be a socialist?

Answer 1

Obviously most people don't. Robert M. definately doesn't.

Answer 2

Socialist systems include the graduated income tax and Hitlerys government health care proposal.
It is a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community for the purposes of increasing social and economic equality and cooperation. This control may be either direct—exercised through popular collectives such as workers' councils—or indirect—exercised on behalf of the people by the state.

Answer 3

It's the step right before communism. Socialism is having the government control more things in your life. It's mostly about wealth redistribution and living in a collective society. It's not a system you want to have because it naturally strips away certain freedoms that you enjoy right now. By having a socialist system, you will without a doubt see a high increase in the taxes that you pay. In Great Britain which is socialist, you have 50% of your paycheck going to the government.

Answer 4

Socialist- Political advocate of socialism.

Socialism-Broad array of political doctrines that envisage a social-economic system in which property and wealth distribution are subject to community control in order to increase social and economic equality and cooperation.

Since the nineteenth century, socialists haven't agreed on one common goal, and many are split between opposing branches between the reformists and communists.

Answer 5

A person who practices, espouses or aspires to the political & economic ideals of socialism. Socialism is an egalitarian philosophy that argues for public ownership of the means of production and relatively even distribution of resources to the people - typically meaning a command economy or tightly regulated mixed economy. Socialism stops short of Communism in that it does not advocate violent global revolution to accomplish these aims.

Answer 6

A socialist is someone who advocates the economic system of socialism, and socialism is, in its basic context, an economic system in which the government has complete control over the economy.

Answer 7

so·cial·ism

1. a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
2. procedure or practice in accordance with this theory.
3. (in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.

And, yes, that means tax the rich and give it to the poor. It means putting the rights of the community over the rights of the individual. This does describe several of the presidential candidates...including some of the Republicans.

Answer 8

Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community[1] for the purposes of increasing social and economic equality and cooperation. This control may be either direct—exercised through popular collectives such as workers' councils—or indirect—exercised on behalf of the people by the state. As an economic system, socialism is often characterized by state or community ownership of the means of production.

The modern socialist movement had its origin largely in the working class movement of the late-19th century. In this period, the term "socialism" was first used in connection with European social critics who criticized capitalism and private property. For Karl Marx, who helped establish and define the modern socialist movement, socialism would be the socioeconomic system that arises after the proletarian revolution where the means of production are owned collectively. This society would then progress into communism.

A diverse array of doctrines and movements have been referred to as "socialist." Since the 19th century, socialists have not agreed on a common doctrine or program. The various adherents of socialist movements are split into differing and sometimes opposing branches, particularly between reformist socialists and communists.

Since the 19th century, socialists have differed in their vision of socialism as a system of economic organization. Some socialists have championed the complete nationalization of the means of production, while social democrats have proposed selective nationalization of key industries within the framework of mixed economies. Stalinists, including those inspired by the Soviet model of economic development, have advocated the creation of centrally planned economies directed by a state that owns all the means of production. Others, including self-titled Communists in Yugoslavia and Hungary in the 1970s and 1980s, Chinese Communists since the reform era, and some Western economists, have proposed various forms of market socialism, attempting to reconcile the presumed advantages of cooperative or state ownership of the means of production with letting market forces, rather than central planners, guide production and exchange.[2] Anarcho-syndicalists and some elements of the U.S. New Left favor decentralized collective ownership in the form of cooperatives or workers' councils. Others may advocate different arrangements.

The Socialist International, the affiliate body for most of the world's social democratic parties, such as the Socialist Party of France, describes socialism as "an international movement for freedom, social justice and solidarity"[3]

Answer 9

Apparently, by today's definition a Socialist is someone with there own opinion other than what the government deems as fact.

Answer 10

Hillary Clinton is a great example of a socialist.

gov't control of as much of the economy as possible (ie: healthcare, retirement, etc).
gov't regulation of thought and expression of ideas (ie: politically correct speech & vilification of those who disagree).
gov't taxation and redistribution of wealth (but only the wealth of those working, not the 'old' rich)

Answer 11

This should provide an answer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism