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Line 1: + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − − The word "socialism" is, confusingly used to refer to different political ideologies. This includes [[communism]] (which itself varies, considerably), democratic socialism, which is found in many nontotalitarian societies<ref>See OED definition.</ref> (see for example the British [[Labour Party]], and Adolf Hitler’s far-right anti-commmenist [[National Socialist German Workers’ Party]]. Russia used to be know as the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]].<ref>[< https://www.thoughtco.com/difference-between-communism-and-socialism-195448]</ref> [[Adolph Hitler]] included the word socialist into his far-right party’s name to “to convert German workers away from Marxist Socialism.”<ref>< [https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nazi-party-1]> </ref> − ==Background== − Socialists believed in visions of imaginary (often unrealistic) ideal societies, from thinkers who drew up elaborated designs and concepts for creating what they considered a more equal society, along collectivist lines or abolished [[private property]]. The [[French Revolution]]’s principles of “liberty, fraternity and equality,” were important, as were “early[[Robert Owen| Owenite]] socialism” and [[John Wesley]]'s [[Methodist]] emphasis "on helping the poor”.<ref> Nigel Scotland, “Methodism and the English Labour Movement 1800-1906”. ‘’Anvil,’’ Vol. 14, No 11997.</ref>.The primary ideas came from Jewish, British, and French thinkers like [[Karl Marx]], [[Henri de Saint-Simon|Saint-Simon]], [[Charles Fourier]], Louis Blanc, preceded by [[Thomas More]], Tommaso Campanella, and Jean Meslier. Other important early influences were "radicals such as [[William Cobbett]] (1736-1835), [[Tom Paine]] (1737-1809) and [[Francis Place]] (1771-1854) whose writings and campaigning produced a seedbed of democracy".<ref> Nigel Scotland, “Methodism and the English Labour Movement 1800-1906”.</ref> − − The rise of [[Marxist]] socialism in the late 19th century in the [[Social Democratic Federation]] (SDF) (1881-1911) did not create a militantly atheistic and anti-religious force. From its beginnings, circa 1881, the SDF contained [[Christian socialists]], non-Christians, and anti-Christians. These groups generally coexisted in a state of compromise. Though Labour was not an openly religious organization “it was nevertheless permeated by religion both in its origin and in its subsequent development”.The membership of the SDF was generally secularist and freethinking. For all parties in the SDF, the central issue was commitment to socialism Line 394:
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'''Socialism''' refers to a set of related left-wing socio-economic systems based on control by a bureaucratic elite of the means of production (as opposed to individuals personally owning property). It is a failed system, according to the right.<ref>Multiple references:
'''Socialism''' refers to a set of related left-wing socio-economic systems based on control by a bureaucratic elite of the means of production (as opposed to individuals personally owning property). It is a failed system.<ref>Multiple references:
*Scaliger, Charles (September 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33172-socialist-realities Socialist Realities]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
*Scaliger, Charles (September 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33172-socialist-realities Socialist Realities]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
*Williamsen, Kurt; Byas, Steve (September 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33171-saving-america-with-socialism Saving America With Socialism?] ''The New American''. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
*Williamsen, Kurt; Byas, Steve (September 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33171-saving-america-with-socialism Saving America With Socialism?] ''The New American''. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
*Behreandt, Dennis (September 4, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33170-the-failure-of-the-command-economy The Failure of the Command Economy]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
*Behreandt, Dennis (September 4, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33170-the-failure-of-the-command-economy The Failure of the Command Economy]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
*Behreandt, Dennis (September 3, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33168-going-with-fair-healthcare Going With “Fair” Healthcare]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 6, 2019.</ref> Communism is an ideology based on [[hate]], dehumanization, [[envy]], [[class conflict|segregating people by class]], and [[mass murder]]<ref>Behreandt, Dennis (September 9, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33174-the-deadly-history-of-socialism The Deadly History of Socialism]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 9, 2019.</ref> and which promotes [[totalitarianism]] at the expense of [[individual freedom]].<ref>Scaliger, Charles (September 2, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33169-socialism-explained Socialism Explained]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 2, 2019.<br>See also:
*Behreandt, Dennis (September 3, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33168-going-with-fair-healthcare Going With “Fair” Healthcare]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 6, 2019.</ref> ideology based on [[hate]], dehumanization, [[envy]], [[class conflict|segregating people by class]], and [[mass murder]]<ref>Behreandt, Dennis (September 9, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33174-the-deadly-history-of-socialism The Deadly History of Socialism]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 9, 2019.</ref> and which promotes [[totalitarianism]] at the expense of [[individual freedom]].<ref>Scaliger, Charles (September 2, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33169-socialism-explained Socialism Explained]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 2, 2019.<br>See also:
*Jasper, William F. (December 17, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/34153-socialists-stop-spread-of-success Socialists Stop Spread of Success]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 17, 2019.</ref> The communist movement is responsible for the murder of millions of people over the past 100 years, especially under Joseph Stalin..<ref>Werth, Nicolas; Panné, Jean-Louis; Paczkowski, Andrzej; Bartosek, Karel; Margolin, Jean-Louis (October 1999), Courtois, Stéphane, ed., ''[https://archive.org/stream/TheBlackBookofCommunism10/the-black-book-of-communism-jean-louis-margolin-1999-communism_djvu.txt The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression]'', Harvard University Press, p. 4.</ref> The fundamental flaw of socialism is the belief that one person has the right to the fruit of another person's [[labor]] and [[private property]], for example, that healthcare is a right and should be available to everyone, whatever their income. Socialism has led to increased bureaucracy and reduced freedoms even in Scandinavia,<ref>Meninger, Edward J. (September 10, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33173-do-it-like-denmark Do It Like Denmark?] ''The New American''. Retrieved September 10, 2019.</ref> and socialist parties freely participate in many democratic nations, including the [[United Kingdom]], [[India]], and [[Israel]] during the 20th century.<ref>Edwards, Lee (October 16, 2019). [https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/three-nations-tried-socialism-and-rejected-it Three Nations That Tried Socialism and Rejected It]. ''The Heritage Foundation''. Retrieved October 23, 2019.</ref>
*Jasper, William F. (December 17, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/34153-socialists-stop-spread-of-success Socialists Stop Spread of Success]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 17, 2019.</ref> The movement is responsible for the murder of at least 94 million people over the past 100 years.<ref>Werth, Nicolas; Panné, Jean-Louis; Paczkowski, Andrzej; Bartosek, Karel; Margolin, Jean-Louis (October 1999), Courtois, Stéphane, ed., ''[https://archive.org/stream/TheBlackBookofCommunism10/the-black-book-of-communism-jean-louis-margolin-1999-communism_djvu.txt The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression]'', Harvard University Press, p. 4.</ref> The fundamental flaw of socialism is the belief that one person has the right to the fruit of another person's [[labor]] and [[private property]], for example, that healthcare paid by others is a "human right." Socialism has led to increased bureaucracy and reduced freedoms even in Scandinavia,<ref>Meninger, Edward J. (September 10, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33173-do-it-like-denmark Do It Like Denmark?] ''The New American''. Retrieved September 10, 2019.</ref> and it has been tried and failed in countries such as the [[United Kingdom]], [[India]], and [[Israel]] during the 20th century.<ref>Edwards, Lee (October 16, 2019). [https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/three-nations-tried-socialism-and-rejected-it Three Nations That Tried Socialism and Rejected It]. ''The Heritage Foundation''. Retrieved October 23, 2019.</ref>
The two most infamous extremist regimes of the 20th century were the [[Bolsheviks]], headed by [[Stalin]],<ref>http://www1.udel.edu/POSCISR/mwh/333/disc10/Lenintxt.html</ref> and the [[Nazi Party|National Socialist German Workers' Party]] (Nazi Party), headed by [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref>http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/adolf_hitler.htm</ref> The German desire for more territory, revenge, and racial hatred for [[Slavs]] and communism resulted in [[World War II]].
The two most infamous socialist regimes of the 20th century were the [[Bolsheviks]], headed by [[Vladimir Lenin]],<ref>http://www1.udel.edu/POSCISR/mwh/333/disc10/Lenintxt.html</ref> and the [[Nazi Party|National Socialist German Workers' Party]] (Nazi Party), headed by [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref>http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/adolf_hitler.htm</ref> The schism between these two competing leftist ideologies for global mastery resulted in [[World War II]].
Both [[Communism]] and [[Nazism]] are [[totalitarian]] or [[statist]], subverting the rights of individuals to the [[collective]] of a [[single party]]. Nazism opposed Marxism, following a racial and ethnic ideology rather than economic [[class warfare]]. Nazis saw capitalist [[Jews]] as the oppressor class, responsible for all societal woes. Contemporary American Nazis substitute race war for class conflict.
Both [[Communism]] and [[Nazism]] are [[totalitarian]] or [[statist]], subverting the rights of individuals to the [[collective]] of a [[single party]]. Nazism deviates from orthodox Marxist theory in substituting racial and ethnic conflict for economic [[class warfare]]. Nazism substituted "[[Jews]]" as the oppressor class, responsible for all societal woes. Contemporary American leftists substitute race war for class conflict.
The [[Second World War]] was a life and death struggle between two ideologies, fascism and their democratic opponents. The [[United States]] assisted the [[communist]] victory over [[National Socialism]] (see [[Popular Front liberalism]]), but with the [[Cold War]] attempted to suppress the spread of global communism. Socialists consider all forms of [[capitalism]] as "[[fascist]]" (see [[Antifa]]).
The [[Second World War]] was a life and death struggle between two [[leftwing]] interpretations of socialism - both atheistic and subverting the rights of individuals to the state, one considering "equality" to apply only to members of a nation or race, the other [[multicultural]] and [[globalist]]. After the [[United States]] assisted the [[communist]] victory over [[National Socialism]] (see [[Popular Front liberalism]]), the [[Cold War]] was an effort to suppress the spread of global communism. Socialists consider all forms of [[capitalism]] as "[[fascist]]" (see [[Antifa]]).
==Background==
==Background==
Socialism traces its roots largely to the [[French Revolution]] and [[Paris Commune]], in visions of imaginary (often unrealistic) ideal societies, from thinkers who drew up elaborated designs and concepts for creating what they considered a more equal society, along collectivist lines or abolished [[private property]]; the primary ideas came from Jewish, British, and French thinkers like [[Karl Marx]], [[Henri de Saint-Simon|Saint-Simon]], [[Charles Fourier]], Louis Blanc, and [[Robert Owen]] preceded by [[Thomas More]], Tommaso Campanella, and Jean Meslier
Socialism traces its roots largely to the [[French Revolution]] and [[Paris Commune]], in visions of imaginary (often unrealistic) ideal societies, from thinkers who drew up elaborated designs and concepts for creating what they considered a more equal society, along collectivist lines or abolished [[private property]]; the primary ideas came from Jewish, British, and French thinkers like [[Karl Marx]], [[Henri de Saint-Simon|Saint-Simon]], [[Charles Fourier]], Louis Blanc, and [[Robert Owen]] preceded by [[Thomas More]], Tommaso Campanella, and Jean Meslier.
===As a political theory===
===As a political theory===
==See also==
==See also==
* [[Communist origins of Nazism]]
* [[Big government]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[socialist]] [[Nanny state]], leads to [[communist]] [[Police state]] - Don't think Socialism-Communism is incompatible with [[Islam]].
* [[Big government]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[socialist]] [[Nanny state]], leads to [[communist]] [[Police state]] - Don't think Socialism-Communism is incompatible with [[Islam]].
* [[Gun control]] - key element to create a police state
* [[Gun control]] - key element to create a police state
* [[Essay:Resisting Socialist Landfills]]
* [[Essay:Resisting Socialist Landfills]]
* [[Champagne socialist]]
* [[Champagne socialist]]
* [[Dirigisme]]
==References==
==References==
* Suny, Ronald Grigor. ''The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the USSR, and the Successor States.'' (1998) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=24265044# online edition]
* Suny, Ronald Grigor. ''The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the USSR, and the Successor States.'' (1998) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=24265044# online edition]
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