Is Obama a socialist?

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Registered: 10-01-2008
Is Obama a socialist?
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Wed, 10-08-2008 - 12:33pm

Is Barack Obama a socialist?

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Registered: 08-27-2008
Wed, 10-08-2008 - 12:56pm

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialism


Main Entry:
so·cial·ism 
          Listen to the pronunciation of socialism

Pronunciation:
\ˈsō-shə-ˌli-zəm\

Function:
noun

Date:
1837

1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

2 a: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state

3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done

By this definition of Socialism I would say he is not a Socialist.

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Registered: 10-01-2008
Wed, 10-08-2008 - 1:06pm

After watching the debate last evening,

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2008
Wed, 10-08-2008 - 1:27pm
Every Communist or Marxist government has been a failure.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-27-2008
Wed, 10-08-2008 - 1:29pm
Well I don't like how I see some people getting rich off the backs of others.
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Registered: 01-12-2004
Wed, 10-08-2008 - 1:42pm
Many capitalists (i.e. people who believe in the private ownership of the means of production) also believe that that capitalism can
iVillage Member
Registered: 01-12-2004
Wed, 10-08-2008 - 1:43pm
You do realize that communism and socialism are not the same thing.
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Registered: 04-04-2003
Wed, 10-08-2008 - 1:50pm

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.....well many do (as I've discovered time and again).




Edited 10/8/2008 1:53 pm ET by suemox

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Registered: 04-04-2003
Wed, 10-08-2008 - 1:52pm

Are the words "fairness" and "egalitarian" interchangeable?

I don't think they are.

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Registered: 04-04-2001
Wed, 10-08-2008 - 2:03pm
Who has Obama helped?
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-26-2008
Wed, 10-08-2008 - 2:22pm

How many terms as POTUS has Obama served so far? Last time i checked he was just an "inexperienced" Illinois senator. And how did you came up with the idea that he is wealthy? Also what could he possibly have to do with Rezco, Wright, Daley, Raines etc. wealth?


(((Redistribution of income tax has worked very well for them. . . not so well for anyone else!)))


On that last statement, I have no idea what are you talking about.

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