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Old 07-29-2014, 11:51 AM
 
Location: Somewhere on this 3rd rock from the sun
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I have been looking for definition all over the internet but it confuses me some more.
From what I understand...communism is where the earnings are shared. So if person A works his derriere off and person B decides to lazy around, they both still get the same amount of money. The money owed to person A is divided. Such is how China and Russia function.

Capitalism is you get what you deserve. Hence capitalist entreprenuers are dime a dozen in the west. You show your talent and you earn a living.

Socialism is...I have no clue. They say Obama is a socialist who will ruin America. What exactly is socialism and how does it differ from the two above.

I am watching the Matt Damon film Elysium which, all pundits are claiming is a socialist agenda ridden work.

In layman's terms....anyone.
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Old 07-29-2014, 11:58 AM
 
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Default Can someone plz explain what capitalism, socialism and communism are

I have been looking for definition all over the internet but it confuses me some more.
From what I understand...communism is where the earnings are shared. So if person A works his derriere off and person B decides to lazy around, they both still get the same amount of money. The money owed to person A is divided. Such is how China and Russia function.

Capitalism is you get what you deserve. Hence capitalist entreprenuers are dime a dozen in the west. You show your talent and you earn a living.

Socialism is...I have no clue. They say Obama is a socialist who will ruin America. What exactly is socialism and how does it differ from the two above.

I am watching the Matt Damon film Elysium which, all pundits are claiming is a socialist agenda ridden work.

In layman's terms....anyone.
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Old 07-29-2014, 12:02 PM
 
Location: New York City
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If you're still in school, take political science courses.

Capitalism can be unfair and lead to crippling inequality.

Communism can punish success.

Socialism can be inefficient.

They all have their flaws. But they're not mutually exclusive systems; China has a communist-capitalist government, and most of Western Europe uses social capitalism.
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Old 07-29-2014, 12:02 PM
 
Location: Annandale, VA
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Socialism = Everyone works as much as they want, but everyone gets an equal share of the fruits
Capitalism = Those that work harder earn more. Those that sit on their tails starve.
Communsm = The government/state owns everything. You get what they decide.
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Old 07-29-2014, 12:03 PM
 
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In the US political vernacular, they're all three so abused so as to be meaningless anyway.
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Old 07-29-2014, 12:04 PM
 
Location: New York City
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Socialism = Everyone works as much as they want, but everyone gets an equal share of the fruits
Capitalism = Those that work harder earn more. Those that sit on their tails starve.
Communsm = The government/state owns everything. You get what they decide.
And the unlucky ones starve too. Our capitalist system doesn't always reward hard work or intelligence; try reading Outliers by Malcom Gladwell. It's really interesting to see how some people are just born into a position to succeed.
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Old 07-29-2014, 12:07 PM
 
Location: San Francisco, CA
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Well hrmmm that's easy enough. Lemme help ya there.

Ya see, socialism is when you get a darn Kenyan with a mooslem name that don't sound American who forges his birth certificate who wants to be president because he HATE AMERICA and wants to see us Fail by inviting in all the anchor babies, taxing all the rich people, acting Weak with thems theres other countries that are worse than America (#1!!!!!!!), letting all the gays marry and turn our kids gay, talkin a lot of persnicketty mumbo jumbo bout eevolushun and that eenviro-met, and makin us all get that there healthcare that we don't want!!!! Oh yeah, and takin our guns!

Herp de herp. Yesserieee bob.
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Old 07-29-2014, 12:08 PM
 
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How is capitalist babby formed plz?
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Old 07-29-2014, 12:08 PM
 
Location: New York City
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Well hrmmm that's easy enough. Lemme help ya there.

Ya see, socialism is when you get a darn Kenyan with a mooslem name that don't sound American who forges his birth certificate who wants to be president because he HATE AMERICA and wants to see us Fail by inviting in all the anchor babies, taxing all the rich people, acting Weak with thems theres other countries that are worse than America (#1!!!!!!!), letting all the gays marry and turn our kids gay, and makin us all get that there healthcare that we don't want!!!! Oh yeah, and takin our guns!

Herp de herp. Yesserieee bob.



Strictly speaking, communism is a classless society without inequality. However, the USSR was not communist. On the path to communism, a society must first be industrialized; Russia wasn't when Lenin took over. He did not follow Marx.
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Old 07-29-2014, 12:10 PM
 
Location: Annandale, VA
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And the unlucky ones starve too. Our capitalist system doesn't always reward hard work or intelligence; try reading Outliers by Malcom Gladwell. It's really interesting to see how some people are just born into a position to succeed.

They don't necessariy succeed. They are what is considered the "protected class". These are politically connected elites like Chelsea Clinton or Michelle Nunn.
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