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The Guardian reports that "socialism" was the most looked-up word on Merriam-Webster's site this year, a change the American dictionary publisher attributes to US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who has positioned of himself as a "democratic socialist".
As a socialist (or communist) myself, I personally think it's great that especially people from the United States try to figure out the meaning of the word beyond McCarthyism. I'm glad that people show interest in politics and finding out about positions of candidates.
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'Socialism' the Most Looked-Up Word of 2015 on Merriam-Webster
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by inertnet on Friday December 18 2015, @12:56PM
It's comedy alright. Both communism and capitalism are clever plots to keep the masses working for the happy few. The 'follow the leader' gene must be closely linked to the 'become the leader' one, because people usually only have one of either.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 18 2015, @04:09PM
If you want to see working models of Socialism, look at Mondragon [google.com] in the Basque country of Spain.
They started with 6 worker-owners and now have over 100,000 worker-owners.
The thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of worker-owned cooperatives in northern Italy [soylentnews.org] is another example of successful Socialism.
Is it working at a -national- level?
Not yet. Give it time.
It's a bottom-up mechanism (unlike your poorly-informed notions).
...and TFA|TFS make it clear that USAians|English speakers know that Capitalism is screwing them and they're interested in an alternative.
-- gewg_
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 19 2015, @10:06AM
> worker-owned cooperatives in northern Italy
Yes, a community of people working without the capitalist infrastructure and cultural framework is possible. I work with one of those cooperatives and shop in their malls sometimes.
But another community of people working without the capitalist infrastructure was the army when draft was in place.
But cooperatives and associations in Italy are often used to conduct commercial activities without the onerous-to-insane requirements that have been imposed on commercial enterprises.
But the tale of the italian CoopCa crack is literally identical to the tales of a capitalist bank crack, with problems hidden to the associates, suicides...
So, if I had to draw a conclusion it is that capitalism and socialism are not obstacles nor guarantees of peaceful cooperation, and are useful ways to divide and conquer. See this thread.