Economic Activism and Progressive Living

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I stopped reading after this:

"The thought of taking back a greater share from innovative and industrious business leaders is (shudder) "socialism." But it's not that at all. Socialism is based on a collective economy similar to communism, and it depends on a large governmental bureaucracy in order to rule over the land and its people."

*Big sigh*

Please, please, just please stop saying things like this. At its broadest, socialism is defined as an economic system in which the working class cooperatively directs production and distribution to meet human needs. What you describe as "big government" is just one interpretation of this idea. You talk about class war but then you denounce the side that would serve the working class. I don't see why you would have a problem with the productive people in society taking over the economy and democratically directing it in a way that serves human needs. THAT'S what socialism is really about. I think it's the answer that you and many others are looking for, but are just confused as a result of relentless capitalist propoganda. Please look into it more and draw your own conclusions. Stop fighting socialism. Stop fighting the working class.