In other words, this constitution is a utopia that pretends to adapt a bad copy of
socialism as its main ideology, when really what Mr. Correa is doing is not socialism, but rather totalitarianism.
The goal was to teach students that America is a democracy, not a constitutional republic, thereby teaching
socialism as a better way.
-- George Carlin When John Steinbeck wryly observed that most Americans disdained
socialism as if they were «temporarily embarrassed millionaires»...
Also in today's paper, Will Self denounces champagne
socialism as «a nonsense that was scarcely effervescent to begin with, and has long since gone flat».
Karl Marx described
socialism as the class dictatorship of the proletariat.
Ed M described
socialism as being a critique of capitalism in the opening week hustings, while making it clear that was about a social democratic intervention http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/05/18/new-labour-is-dead-what-counts-now-is-next-labour-115875-22266479/
Re»... now that it is advanced, it's already Socialist...», there seems to be a rather ironic humor in the fact that China started out backwards and Communist (or nearly so), and sheds aspects of Communism /
Socialism as it advances.
While the first task can to a degree be implemented under Capitalism, the second task requires transition to
Socialism as a prerequisite.
Under
Socialism as in the USSR the influence of the corporations in politics was minimal.
Peter Hain see's libertarian
socialism as a form of heavily decentralized democratic socialism.
as many varieties of
socialism as there are of capitalism, and Christian socialism is among the most difficult to catalog.
It is these circumstances that make understandable the emergence of
socialism as a major force in Italy.
But then the same thing must be said for the secular religions of liberalism and
socialism as well.
With this heartfelt book, environmentalism has replaced
socialism as the crusade of choice for idealistic fools.
With the removal of
socialism as an alternative, the whole world is thrown open to the claim of market economy, liberal democracy and the powerful march of Western cultural values all over the globe.
He since then changed his mind, at least for a while when he became convinced that the church must endorse
socialism as the only way out of the human miseries of Latin America.
While
socialism as the state ownership of the means of production was discredited in the twentieth century, the egalitarianism of Rorty's utopia is maintained by fellow - feeling and a pervasive altruism.
The end of communism and the consequent collapse of
socialism as the ordering principle of social progress.
@Chad «Atheism as a denial of this unreality; has no longer any meaning, for atheism is a denial of God and tries to assert through this negation the existence of man; but
socialism as such no longer needs this mediation...» — Karl Marx
«Atheism as a denial of this unreality; has no longer any meaning, for atheism is a denial of God and tries to assert through this negation the existence of man; but
socialism as such no longer needs this mediation...» — Karl Marx
By contrast, conservatives see the failure of Marxian
socialism as confirming the warnings of Ludwig von Mises in 1922 in his book Socialism.
To insist on the relevance of God may lead a religious socialist to deny the ultimate relevance of
socialism as ideology.
It will be a theology that has made a certain measure of peace with Marxist
socialism as it is developing in China.
«Atheism... has no longer any meaning, for atheism is a negation of God, and postulates the existence of man through this negation; but
socialism as socialism no longer stands in need of such a mediation.»
Atheism... has no longer any meaning, for atheism is a negation of God, and postulates the existence of man through this negation; but
socialism as socialism no longer stands in any need of such a mediation.
Therefore, if we as Christians are going to work to improve the systems in which people live — as indeed we must — then we need to avoid promoting or condemning capitalism or
socialism as such.
There is, for this reason, a legitimate connection between the nation and socialism which supports rather than obstructs the international character of
socialism as a force for world unity and peace.
To repeat: a cursory look at the nations of the world makes it clear that the important differences in social responsibility and freedom are between the democratic types (of both capitalist and socialist economic system) and the despotic types, not between capitalism and
socialism as such.
It is well known that the Catholic Church despises communism and
socialism as they supress Christian faith and expel Christ from socities.
We see
socialism as a new social and economic order in which workers and consumers control production and community residents control their neighborhoods, homes and school and the production of society is used for the benefit of all humanity, not the private profit of a few..
It has also been my contact with the Third World, especially Africa, that has led me to consider
socialism as an alternative to monopoly capitalism.
Socialism as an economic idea had died, in fact, long before the collapse of the Berlin Wall that November.
We can dismiss
his socialism as an unworkable throwback, but he's doing something our political establishment can't or won't, which is to inspire the political imaginations of middle class voters.
One can not answer the question of what constitutes the just society by pointing to
socialism as such, while among capitalist societies there are varying approximations of justice.
Anytime anyone says ANYTHING to stick up for the poor, it all becomes an opportunity for rich folks to just cry
socialism as if regulating big business whatsoever is a bad thing.
In the best of cases, these are economists who can not conceive of
socialism as anything other than nationalization.
REAPPEARING SOCIALISM On opening the April issue, it was great to learn in «The Public Square» of «The disappearance of
socialism as a live political option in the West.»
Wouldn't it be more prudent to call for a move towards hugging the center rather than just singling out
socialism as a threat?
The books also deal with the chasm between rich and poor and the idea of
socialism as a solution to capitalism's ills.
Ever since the collapse of second - world
socialisms as «actually existing» political alternatives to global capitalism, the political terrain has shifted considerably.
Not exact matches
«What democratic
socialism is about,» Sanders declared, is «that it is immoral and wrong that the top one - tenth of 1 percent in this country... own almost
as much wealth
as the bottom 90 percent.»
As the chief minister of Gujarat, Modi is already on record as favoring neoliberal economic policies, spurning India's vestiges of socialism, five - year plans, and overregulation of private industr
As the chief minister of Gujarat, Modi is already on record
as favoring neoliberal economic policies, spurning India's vestiges of socialism, five - year plans, and overregulation of private industr
as favoring neoliberal economic policies, spurning India's vestiges of
socialism, five - year plans, and overregulation of private industry.
The most - searched term on Merriam - Webster's online dictionary in 2015 was «ism,»
as in communism,
socialism, fascism, and feminism, among others.
«If the bill goes through it will be forbidden to use symbols of totalitarian regimes such
as national
socialism or communism,» Orban's chief of staff, Janos Lazar, told The Guardian.
China is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx with events including streaming documentaries
as Chinese experts declared that Marx's theory of
socialism has been successfully practiced and developed in China.
Its descent into chaos should serve
as just the latest cautionary tale to other countries that are willing to risk stability and prosperity for even more
socialism.
The Common Core agenda in US Government education will damage students
as it teaches less and promotes
socialism.
It's important to recognize that in civil law countries such
as France, hard line
socialism is much more likely to take hold.
Led by Arnold Harberger (who spoke Spanish and had married a Chilean), the Chicago Boys set out to make
socialism irreversible by selling off
as many state enterprises
as possible.
Freedoms
as in the cradles of
socialisms» Republic of the U.S.A. are but liberalizing issues to be given and taken away by the controlling government at a moments notice pending backroom antics.