SOCIALISM: What is it? Online dictionaries give a completely new and different meaning to the word!

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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Nope. Wrong. I've read those old books, bro.

[–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What is your take on the French socialist Proudhon?

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That is a very broad question. Mutualism and co-operating ownership is of course a wonderful idea, but one that only works in the realm of ideas: co-ops are like group homework in school: there's always somebody doing 80% of the work and the rest are just happy to let others go at it and reap the rewards without doing any work.

But yeah as a socialist I think he is a good representation of the spirit of the ideology. And he's an anarchist, so everybody who conflates socialism with totalitarian communism could benefit from knowing about his ideas. Definitely one of the originals.