I think we may need to define our terms. What do you mean when you say "socialist"? Are you using socialist as a synonym for leftist?roid wrote:The fact that so many of you think that Obama is a Socialist, or that the left is inherently authoritarian
Because while I would certainly agree that the left is NOT inherently authoritarian, Socialism is.
Socialism
- 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.
- procedure or practice in accordance with this theory.
- (in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.