• wolfarine@lemm.ee
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    17 hours ago

    So the “elected” government is trying to control prices? Isn’t that the definition of socialism?

    • Don_alForno@feddit.org
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      10 hours ago

      It’s an element of a planned economy which has been more commonly used in authoritarian socialist countries but isn’t exclusive to them.

      (Fun fact because I just looked it up: There doesn’t seem to be one generally accepted definition of “socialism”.)

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        2 hours ago

        Worker ownership of the means of production.

        I.e. profits from goods and services go to those who provide them rather than investors.

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        3 hours ago

        I’d say a good loose definition is just ‘people pooling resources for the common good’ so basically all taxes and things paid for by taxes including the military.