Originally posted by mietla
I guess stealing one man's property and giving it to another is not a crime in your country.
Don't take the high road, it's not a crime in the US either.
People are getting very confused here. It's natural for people who do little or no research themselves. So I'll clear it up. Yet even though I'm going to make it brutally simple, you're still going to argue about it. Just know right now that you're wrong, it will make things a lot simpler.
Fascism is a means of reaching Totalitarianism. The purpose of Fascism is to gain so much power that the leaders are the people who decide on everything.
Socialism is a means of reaching Communism. Communism is the thought that the group is more important then the individual. The defining characteristics of Socialism is that the whole assumes that the individual does not know what is best for them, so individual choice is legislated away. Along with individual choice is individual property.
When you analyze the issue, you'll realized that one is the other, but in a broader sense. Just know that in the world, Communism has never existed. Everytime socialism has been kicked in, it has turned to Totalitarianism because the people in charge have made power grabs.
Anyway, Fascism is the means of taking power away from the individual and giving it to someone higher. Socialism is the means of taking away power from the individual and giving it to something higher, often an group of people who "Act" on behalf of the whole. Yet everytime Socialism has been practiced it has led to Totalitarianism.
Communism is a child's ideal of a perfect world. Much like a child, those who believe in Communism are not in grip with the reality of the world.
