Re “Socialism” (Letter, Feb. 12): Everyone talks about socialism, but hardly anyone defines it. It used to be that socialism and communism were used interchangeably, but it makes no sense to use two ...

The term is an oxymoron because the two elements — socialism and democracy — don't go together. Socialism, properly defined, means state ownership of the means of production. And there has never been ...

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There are three and only three ways to organize an economy. All others are merely combinations and permutations of the big three. One of them is socialism, defined as complete government ownership of ...

Despite the rise to prominence of openly socialist politicians like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), many Americans say they cannot define socialism, according to ...

Bernie Sanders is the most popular politician in the country, and the DSA convention just made national news. But U.S. socialism has to find a viable path to power. In the early 1970s, I was a ...

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