What is Socialism?

Socialism! It's a word that is being thrown around a lot lately to describe the president and in some extreme cases the people who voted for the president. According to a lot of people, and everyone right wing pundit on TV and radio, Obama is a Socialist and all of his plans are socialistic from his health care reform to his views on the war.

To quote the movie the Princess Bride, "You keep on using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means." And it's true, they don't know what it means and they don't see how Obama is not Socialist. But since they have no concept of the word they can never make a coherent argument about it.

So lets take a quick look at the word Socialism and what it means...

so⋅cial⋅ism

–noun

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.

so⋅cial⋅ist

–noun

1.	an advocate or supporter of socialism.

2.	(initial capital letter) a member of the U.S. Socialist party.

So how is Obama a Socialist? What makes the right think that he is a communist? Well take a look here. An article I found is claiming that Obama is a Socialist simply because he made statements about some bitter people who go to church. They say it's reminiscent of Karl Marx's quote, "religion is the opiate of the people".

Is Obama a Socialist? Not if you ask one. That's the title of an article I found where a REAL American Socialist speaks out about Obama and Socialism.

FROM THE ARTICLE:

Greg Pason, National Secretary of the Socialist Party USA: “Barack Obama's programs are not socialist. The vast majority of his proposals are anti-worker (or he might say ‘pro-business’). His health care proposals are more to save the for-profit insurance industry and do not have the goal of ending for-profit insurance. He has refused to support a Senate version of HR676, which would create a single-payer program (not socialist but much better than we have, and [which has] the support of labor and community organizations across the US). Many of his other economic proposals are pro-corporate.

A socialist program (even a reformist one) would not be a program that props up capitalism when it fails, but one that transforms the economy. None of Senator Obama's proposals do that. Senator Obama’s tax plan is regressive and even less ‘progressive’ than programs put forward under such conservative administrations like the one of Richard Nixon.”

F.N. Brill, National Secretary of the World Socialist Party (US): “Obama is as much a socialist as the Pope is an atheist. Income redistribution isn't a socialist act. It might aid in ameliorating income disparities within a capitalist economy for a limited time. But the logic of capitalism demands the rich grow richer (more capitalization is needed) and the poor grow poorer (their work creates the needed capital used by the rich).”

WOW! That guy is comparing Obama to Nixon! Wow...if Obama is a Socialist he sure is pissing off his party pretty well. Come on now, how could a guy like this be elected as Socialist?

That's the sad thing about all of this. Most people don't know what Socialism even is, and they just throw the word out there. As Hitler once said, "the more times you tell a lie the more people will believe it." That's just the case here with calling Obama a Socialist. None of his programs are Socialistic programs, and no one can prove that they are.

The tag still doesn't apply if you're relatives were Socialist, or wrote about Socialism. Obama's father wrote an essay about Socialism, so that MUST mean that Obama is a big Socialist! My grandfather and father are big Republicans, so I guess by that logic I must be a big conservative!

A Socialist is the working people's leader. A Socialist wants everything to be public domain, regulate pay so that no one person has more than the other person, and is most certainly not a fan of big business.

Obama's plans don't so much help the working people as much as it helps the big businesses. No one gets their pay regulated, competition is great for America, and he wants big businesses to thrive which is why there are more business stimulus packages in the works.

The idea that Obama is a Socialist stems mainly from his health care reform plan. The idea to give the people a public option that is affordable, decent quality health care is not socialism. No one gets their current benefits taken away, no one is forced by the government to see certain doctors, and current insurance companies would still be in place.

Socialist? Sounds more like a liberal Democrat who wants to make health care afford able if you ask me.

ARTICLES:

OBAMA THE SOCIALIST

IS OBAMA A SOCIALIST? NOT IF YOU ASK ONE

Conservative Media: Obama Supports One-World Government

This is aboslutely stupid. The conservative media is sugguesting that Obama supports a one-world government. They say that Obama is working his way toward repealing the Declaration of Independence, and taking away our right to bare arms. This is all an attempt to control the people through a type of socialist/fascist/nazi/marxist governemnt. Funny though...Nazism and Fascism are the same thing...and socialism and Marxism are the same thing. Ihonestly think they are trying to throw all those words together becuase the truth is many people don't know what they mean. So when you use four words that all mean the same thing you can scare a lot of people.

Fox News is behind this as well. Things were doing great while Bush was in office, but now we are three months into Obama's Presidency and the world is just falling apart. I honestly know that Obama will lead this country in the right direction. And what's funny is after Obama's term the conservatives will say, "remember when we were communists? Thank god those days are over." But we aren't! Nor will we ever be!

If anyone is responcible for America becoming a fascist nation it's the republicans. They profiled people they don't like who are "possible terrorist", they threw them all in CAMPS, where they tortured these people. And the Republicans have also been pushing this National ID card, which will have RFID tracking chips on them. They're plan is to have EVERYONE use these cards EVERYWHERE. And soon it will be in our money as well. They will know EVERYTHING about you, what you buy, where you go etc. And if you protest, they will simply turn off your chip and you are no longer a citizen. You can't buy things, work, drive, or go ANYWHERE.

From the article:

The one-world government rhetoric has been advanced by some of Fox News' most familiar faces. For instance, in an April 6 column headlined, "The Declaration of Independence has been repealed," Fox News contributor Dick Morris claimed, "On April 2, 2009, the work of July 4, 1776 was nullified at the meeting of the G-20 in London" -- an assertion Morris repeated on that night's edition of Fox News' Hannity. Additionally, on the April 2 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly stated that "[s]ome believe Speaker Nancy Pelosi [D-CA], Senator Harry Reid [D-NV], and President Obama himself are sympathetic to the one-world, global-justice view," which O'Reilly had earlier described as "requir[ing] that a one-world government seize private property and distribute it so that every human being has roughly the same amount of resources." O'Reilly then demanded to know: "Where does Barack Obama stand?" And on the April 1 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Fox News host Glenn Beck asserted, "The Constitution is being taken apart piece by piece through international coalitions, through international law, and through the United Nations."

I hope people in America are smart enough to not listen to these crazy fascists. But the sad thing is many Americans are not that smart thanks to Republicans. It's the Republican's idea to teach Creationism in classrooms as a science. It's Republicans who don't want to teach your kids about sex education. It's the Republicans who's rhetoric basically states that ignorance is bliss, therefore why would you want to be smart? Just sit back and let us control your lives. And that's what they are trying to do. Control you by making you think that Democrats like Obama are trying to take your rights away, even though they are trying to give them back to you.

It's all spin. Spin that we as Americans have to learn and stop. Don't let these Republicans control you with lies. GET WISE QUICK PEOPLE, because they ARE wise and know you are not. Stick it to them by showing them that YOU can make a difference.

Please, read the article and learn what tactics they are using against YOU.

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