As a political theory, socialism relies on scapegoating to build a constituent base, for example that "the rich," or "Jews," or "millionaires and billionaires," or "the top 1%" are responsible for all of humanities ills. Socialism targets the youth of a nation and people without life experience with naive and "feel good" slogans that on the surface seem to be practical, yet once in power, Socialists compel compliance to [[authoritarian]] decrees and exterminate opposition to maintain power for themselves. There is nothing [[democracy|democratic]] about socialism, and terms such as [[democratic socialism]] or [[social democracy]] are [[oxymoron]]s that are typical of Marxist "double speak" and "double think." | As a political theory, socialism relies on scapegoating to build a constituent base, for example that "the rich," or "Jews," or "millionaires and billionaires," or "the top 1%" are responsible for all of humanities ills. Socialism targets the youth of a nation and people without life experience with naive and "feel good" slogans that on the surface seem to be practical, yet once in power, Socialists compel compliance to [[authoritarian]] decrees and exterminate opposition to maintain power for themselves. There is nothing [[democracy|democratic]] about socialism, and terms such as [[democratic socialism]] or [[social democracy]] are [[oxymoron]]s that are typical of Marxist "double speak" and "double think." |