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Why are you voting for a Socialist?

Monday, January 18, 2010

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY4K23Y7Qas&feature=related Definition of Socialism: Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and the creation of an egalitarian society.[1][2] Modern socialism originated in the late nineteenth-century working class political movement. Karl Marx posited that socialism would be [...]

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Why Do Republicans Keep Calling President Obama A Socialist?

Saturday, December 26, 2009

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It’s nothing more than a hysterical paranoid fantasy. As much as I support him, President Obama is not even a liberal. He’s moderate left at best. Some right-wing pundits refer to Obama as a socialist or communist. This stems from an exaggeration of Obama’s real beliefs, which involve increased government regulation of our troubled financial [...]

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Why do Americans in general not see Socialism on the doorstep?

Friday, December 25, 2009

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We are voting our rights away and most do not even see it. For those who want to vote for Obama, compare his programs to the definition below. Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating social or collective ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of [...]

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For those that say Obama isn’t?

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

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A socialist…I give you this: Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and the creation of an egalitarian society.[1][2] Modern socialism originated in the late nineteenth-century working class political movement. Karl Marx posited that socialism [...]

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21st Century Socialism Is 18th Century Capitalism. Michael Rowan. Special for El Universal www.eluniversal.com

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

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Because of the world price of oil - an essential cog in the global wealth creation machine - Chavez has received a billion windfall profit in the last year, which added to the billion from a year earlier he has used to destabilize Bolivia and other country targets on his list. As long [...]

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How can Obama disguise his far left policies by advocating them using soothing, non-threatening rhetoric?

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

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Socialists mainly share the belief that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth into a small section of society who control capital, and creates an unequal society. All socialists advocate the creation of an egalitarian society, in which wealth and power are distributed more evenly, although there is considerable disagreement among socialists over how, and to [...]

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Does the success of a society depend on economics or ethics?

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

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One of the most authoritative theories about the constitution of society in the modern world is that economics and economic relationships define the fundamental structure of all social relationships, indeed of society itself. Both Adam Smith and Karl Marx, in their very different ways, either asserted or implied the primacy of economics and economic relationships [...]

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Does Barack Obama have any Socialist tendencies at all?

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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The definition of socialism is as follows: 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. (in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, [...]

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