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MillennialExistential's avatar

Literally every anarcho-socialist would disagree with you. Also, some of the most prominent critics of the state, such as George Orwell, were committed socialists. Worker control of the means of production can be accomplished without a centralized state apparatus.

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knowltok's avatar

And that is all the finer points and distinctions that should just be ignored. Latch onto Socialism = Government ownership of the means of production. Using such a definition, all kinds of good programs benefiting social welfare can be promoted as clearly not socialist. Make the Republicans do the explaining that causes people's eyes to glaze over.

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