I don't think that Occasional Cortex or Bernie are proposing much that has to do with socialism here. Granted, Bernie and people like him do make this way more confusing than it needs to be. In a recent interview with NPR he doubled down on the idea that by "socialism" he's talking about things like a minimum wage, or universal healthcare. But programs like these are already present in many of the nations of Europe, none of which would call themselves socialist.
If we peek into any credible textbook, history book, or even a dictionary, we'll find that socialism refers to a system in which workers own their means of production; either directly, or with the state (pretending) to serve as a legitimate proxy by owning it for them.
Like Hillary, these two might have a public and private position on the matter : P But it seems as though they're trying to pass off a tepid sort of social democracy as socialism. Which makes no sense considering that the word 'socialism' is still poison in American politics.
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I don't think that Occasional Cortex or Bernie are proposing much that has to do with socialism here. Granted, Bernie and people like him do make this way more confusing than it needs to be. In a recent interview with NPR he doubled down on the idea that by "socialism" he's talking about things like a minimum wage, or universal healthcare. But programs like these are already present in many of the nations of Europe, none of which would call themselves socialist.
If we peek into any credible textbook, history book, or even a dictionary, we'll find that socialism refers to a system in which workers own their means of production; either directly, or with the state (pretending) to serve as a legitimate proxy by owning it for them.
Like Hillary, these two might have a public and private position on the matter : P But it seems as though they're trying to pass off a tepid sort of social democracy as socialism. Which makes no sense considering that the word 'socialism' is still poison in American politics.
Every successful person is an oppressor, as there is no such thing as merit.
I'm not aware of any philosopher, let alone a postmodernist, who actually believes this. Who are you referring to here?