Reply #126: Lay off socialists! [View All]

[debsianben]

Most socialists I know are pro-2nd Amendment. Socialism has nothing to do with government control over individuals. See "Socialism as Radical Democracy," the statement of principles of the Socialist Party USA, pretty much the largest and oldest socialist group in the US-- http://www.sp-usa.org/about/principles.html

"Private enterprise" is an undemocratic system of the control of the working majority by an unelected corporate aristocracy. Socialism is about expanding individual rights and ensuring real democracy in all spheres of society, and shouldn't be confused with the miserable totalitarian regimes in Eastern Europe that stole its flag. What I'm describing is what was advocated by Marx, Engels, Gene Debs, Bill Haywood, Mother Jones, etc.