You can use either of them, it still won’t be correct. There is a world of difference between each of liberalism, socialism, and communism. It’s not the case that every ideology you oppose is the same thing, any more than every religion that isn’t Catholicism is Buddhism.
Mike,
Maybe there is not a hairs difference between them 
Well isn’t that convenient. Someone takes a liberal economic or social justice opinion then they can be socialist (because there’s really no difference according to some) and condemned because the Church condemns socialism in the Catechism.
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I don’t think it is condemnation. I think it is a problem of lack of edification. And I think a lot of people come here to be edified.
IMHO, as a bit of a history buff, it isn’t that divided. The difference between Democrat and Republican today is a lot less than it was in 1850. Which might account for some our problems with people feeling alienated with the political process.
I was not saying that Liberalism = Communism.
I’m sure you do. I think people come to this particular section to discuss issues. I know I do. I feel alienated when some my views are called things that they are decidedly not.
The state requires us to buy auto insurance, and wear seatbelts and motorcycle helmets. The reason is that people in accidents need major health care and often can’t afford it, which dumps the bill on the rest of us taxpayers. Not fair.
I would deny it…I think they are about equidistant. However, it depends on what end of the spectrum of both ideologies you are looking at.
Please explain how it is State owned and operated (socialist - defined as: Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy). After reading the article, I saw nothing about a state owned and operated plan. What I saw is a requirement to have health insurance, a minor fee that employers must pay ($295 is nothing) and a subsidy for those in poverty. Nothing about the state owning the hospitals and clinics and employing the doctors.
I don’t see anything about it being specific to a poster here on the board, but a general rule. By saying that the “entire aim of the Liberals in this country is socialism” is not only untrue and uncharitable, it is also an assumption that you know what another person thinks and a questioning of the sincerity of their beliefs.
You’re going to tell me that when you have mainstream Republicans talk show hosts (Like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity) talking about “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” and “rugged individualism” that mainstream Democrat talk show hosts (like Ed Schulz and Randy Rhodes) talk about regulation so captialism can work for everyone that Republicans are just as far from “individualistic capitalism” as Democrats are from communism/socialism?
You’re going to tell me that when you have mainstream Republicans talk show hosts (Like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity) talking about “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” and “rugged individualism” that mainstream Democrat talk show hosts (like Ed Schulz and Randy Rhodes) talk about regulation so captialism can work for everyone that Republicans are just as far from “individualistic capitalism” as Democrats are from communism/socialism?
Funny measuring stick you use. Maybe it’s a mobeius strip?
No it isn’t. Socialism is “any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy.”
Unless Rush has moderated since his little pill popping issues came out (that’s when I stopped listening to him), he calls almost every Federal agency that deals with worker rights and consumer safety unnecessary and a burden on business. That doesn’t sound like he’s okay with some regulation but would be glad to have OSHA, DOL, CPSC, DHHS, FDA and the like eliminated and their regulations revoked.Rush Limbaugh and Michael Medved are okay with some regulation (I don’t listen to Sean Hannity) My measuring stick is fine - metric and english standard.
Driving a car is a privilege, therefore the state can require all of the things you mention. Living is a right, so I guess you have 3 choices if you live there. Buy the overpriced insurance, move away, or die. Not very welcoming to the average everyday person.
Actually most if not all of the Federal agencies in existance today except for the military and maybe the IRS are unconstitutional.
I have yet to find any record of any vote that took place that authorized the federal government to have many of federal agencies that exist today, but then again I can’t find where it’s prohibited either so it must be ok.
). Both of them went from one side of the aisle to the other. I don’t listen to Schulz much because he’s on at the same time, and Medved has more discussions/debates with people who disagree with him.
It’s no more true to say that liberals, who want government to do more in some certain areas, want the government to do everything in a totalitarian way, than it is to say that conservatives, who want smaller government, actually want government abolished altogether and a kind of feudal anarchy to develop. If I said the latter I would be both wrong and, rightly, corrected by many here. So we shouldn’t have the same kind of blanket statement about ‘liberals’ that we see here.
I love this idea!