I believe that all forms of socialism have been proven over time to result in a loss of both economic and civil liberties, with increasing poverty.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What we have at present is a system of loss socialism. Whatever goes wrong is shouldered by the general public and anything that works is privatised. Worshippers of market freedom have suspended the most important economic principle: Risk and liability go hand in hand.
Socialism values equality more than liberty.
In practice, socialism didn't work. But socialism could never have worked because it is based on false premises about human psychology and society, and gross ignorance of human economy.
Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
The first issue to be settled is whether socialism has a right to exist Are its allegations concerning the present system true? Is industry proceeding on a principle of fraud? I wish to test the power of recent economic theory to give an exact answer to this question.
Poverty is not socialism. To be rich is glorious.
The slaves of socialism are slaves, but they are no one's property and therefore no one's loss.
Socialism is nothing more nor less than the social, political and ideological system which breaks the fetters upon economic growth created under capitalism and opens the way to a new period of economic and social expansion on a much larger scale.
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
For me, socialism has always been about liberty and solidarity, but also about responsibility.