RE: What is socialism?
April 13, 2011 at 9:26 pm
(This post was last modified: April 13, 2011 at 9:33 pm by theVOID.)
(April 13, 2011 at 2:14 pm)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: I don't believe in equality, but fairness. And we really should give people non-miliitary power (and the "right" to weapons). I believe that the best hands should recieve the tools.
More important than all these though, is that nobody starves or thirsts, and everyone has at least shelter.
That's consistent with my position, don't know about the "best hands best tools" shit though, the tools end up in whatever hands they do and it's none of my business to order them elsewhere.
You might qualify as a "Libertarian Socialist" though some of them seem like they just want to storm every corporation and business, arrest every employer and appoint their own people while giving all the shares to the employees - I think that people owning their production is a good idea, but they have to do it the right way - Start a business, buy shares in one you work for, form a collective to purchase businesses and join unions - But to take it by force is completely immoral.
(April 13, 2011 at 7:49 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote: Ashedant is a Progressive.
Sae, I saw your grid, you are right near that line seperating the grid between liberal and libertarian.
It means personally you want as much freedom as you can get, but that you want your government to "ensure" certain things, wether it be public schools or welfare or whatever it was that you put on that test that government service you wanted to have.
I would say you are a very, VERY light socialist, and an extremist when it comes to personal freedoms from the image you posted.
She seems much more of a left-libertarian to me, having some social policies doesn't make you a socialist, even a "light" one - She's much less of a socialist than you and you insist on not being called that.
How can you be "Extreme" on personal freedoms? The only extreme part is thwarting these freedoms.
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