The difference between socialism and communism....

[ZzzImAsleep]

I read a few paragraphs of this before I broke out in laughter. This article is complete BS. To me, socialism and communism are the same thing.


http://www.romm.org/soc_com.html

[Fox McCloud]

I read a few paragraphs of this before I broke out in laughter. This article is complete BS. To me, socialism and communism are the same thing.


http://www.romm.org/soc_com.html

I don't have time to read it now (I'll do that later today).

However, from what I can gather, the only difference is the implementation--communism uses coercion, force, and violence.....socialism uses deceit, subtlety, and legislation.

socialism tends to favor civil liberties a little more, but only when times are convenient for it.

the end result, once both are fully implemented, however, are the same thing.

[asgardshill]

Socialism - You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everybody else's cows. You have to take care of all the cows. The government gives you what's left of the milk after selling the cream to Farmer Ben and Farmer Jerry over in the next county.

Communism - You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everybody else's cows. You have to take care of all the cows. If you oversleep or accidentally knock over the milk bucket, you get shot. You steal back as much milk as you can and sell it on the black market.

Capitalism - You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.