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Broadly speaking, in American politics today the term is used to imply the increased scope, reach, and size of government, inevitably followed by an increase in
by nhebb 16y ago
Broadly speaking, in American politics today the term is used to imply the increased scope, reach, and size of government, inevitably followed by an increase in taxes, It's not a textbook definition of socialism, but it boils down an aversion to the state controlling an increasing percentage of our personal wealth.
- barrkel 16y agoWhereas the alternative, conservatism promulgated by Republicans, implies the increased scope, reach and size of government (armies + war), inevitably followed by an increase in deficits (which "don't matter", but the redirected resources, even if only measured in terms of people employed, do make a difference in productive, rather than destructive, output).
- lzw 16y agoThe republicans are socialists as well. This is a truth that, unfortunately, seems to elude people.