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In the US, socialism is a pejorative term arbitrarily applied to some government services, but not to others. For instance, if the government pays doctors or so
by vannevar 6y ago
In the US, socialism is a pejorative term arbitrarily applied to some government services, but not to others. For instance, if the government pays doctors or social workers, that is socialism, but if it pays police or soldiers, that is not socialism. And if the government pays corporations when they encounter financial difficulty, that is not socialism, but if it pays individuals, that is socialism.
- krapp 6y agoIt isn't arbitrary. Services favored by the Republican Party aren't considered socialist (because they're the ones employing the pejorative,) whereas services favored by the Democrats are.