socialism
An economic system in which the production and distribution of goods are controlled substantially by the government rather than by private enterprise, and in which cooperation rather than competition guides economic activity. There are many varieties of socialism. Some socialists tolerate capitalism, as long as the government maintains the dominant influence over the economy; others insist on an abolition of private enterprise. All communists are socialists, but not all socialists are communists.
That pretty well defines it. To me it means big government. The government telling everyone what to do and squashing free enterprise and competition. Government should be like a referee in a ball game, not the only player on the field. Socialism puts the state first and the individual last.
OhBummer is probably using the Marxist theory in which socialism is the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.
That would explain why he is rushing through all this new legislation, not even reading most of it because he does not care what it says as long as it expands the role of government, moving us toward a Big Brother state. Once government has enough control then no one will be able to do anything about the adjustments necessary to complete the transition to communism.
Borax thinks government should be able to redistribute wealth, but any moron knows that you create wealth, you do not redistribute it. Even China is learning that capitalism is a good thing, but they are persuing it without individual freedom.
It amazes me that Democrats can blither about liberty and freedom and then elect someone like OhBummer who is dead set on taking away our liberties and our freedom in order to put the state in control of everything. I do not think he is necessarily a bad man (like a Hitler or Stalin) yet. Those men started out to impose state dictated values for good reasons as well. The problem comes when you have to deal with those who do not want to go along with all that.
