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Oct 9, 2005


Cicero posted:

It would be cool if this debate got solved once and for all, because I've noticed that even socialists don't agree on what socialism is (e.g. just try asking whether the USSR counts as socialist or not), which can make it a difficult topic to discuss. In comparison, it seems like there's much less confusion and argumentation over what counts as capitalism, even when involving people with radically different political views.

At any given time in history there are multiple competing schools of thought on socialism within socialist groups, evolving over time into different groups. Lots of reading to do from various important figures on this exact topic throughout those time frames. There is disagreement on the true meaning of political philosophy for much narrower political groups, so attempting to define True Socialism is generally not possible in a non-political context.

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