SOCIALISM

YOU HEAR A LOT OF RIGHT-WING WISDOM CONCERNING WHAT A SOCIALIST, OR SOCIALISM, IS. MOST ARE FULL OF BULL UP TO THEIR EARS. A SOCIALIST PROFESSES THAT GOVERNMENT HAS A ROLE IN SOCIETY, THAT IT IS NOT AN INSTITUTION EXCLUSIVELY IN EXISTENCE TO MAKE SURE THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE POOR GET NOTHING. A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST THEORY IS BASED ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ALL FACETS OF OUR EXISTENCE, INCLUDING ECONOMIC. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP HELPS TO AVOID THE EXPLOITATION OF CAPITAL THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS, ACCELERATED UNDER TRUMP. CAPITALISM SEES GOVERNMENT AS EVIL. CORPORATIONS DO NOT LIKE REGULATIONS. THEY GET IN THE WAY OF PROFIT. AND PROFIT IS THE NAME OF THEIR GAME. SOCIALISM SEES GOVERNMENT REGULATION AND INTERVENTION AS NECESSARY. CAPITALISM IS NOT A GOOD MIX WITH DEMOCRACY. THE RESULTING SUPER-RICH TAKE OVER. THE CORPORATIONS HAVE OVERTHROWN THE GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE NOW IN CHARGE, AND MANY HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO GOVERNMENT POSITIONS BY TRUMP. CAPITALISM DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ONE OF MAN'S GREATEST MOTIVATORS: GREED.