as in liberalism
a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies
an ardent opponent of socialism
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In 1966: California college students Huey Newton and Bobby Seale created the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary organization that promoted Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense – particularly against police brutality.
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Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2024
In the Cold War years, as the US sought to limit the spread of communism abroad, political leaders promoted the concept of domestic containment at home to steel American society against the purportedly undermining influences of socialism.
—Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
Millennials seem to think socialism means being friendly.
—John Yoo, National Review, 23 June 2024
Governments in other countries have tried to spread prosperity via various forms of socialism, including nationalizing key industries, but the results were always disappointing, if not catastrophic.
—Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2024
In the Cold War years, as the US sought to limit the spread of communism abroad, political leaders promoted the concept of domestic containment at home to steel American society against the purportedly undermining influences of socialism.
—Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
Millennials seem to think socialism means being friendly.
—John Yoo, National Review, 23 June 2024
Governments in other countries have tried to spread prosperity via various forms of socialism, including nationalizing key industries, but the results were always disappointing, if not catastrophic.
—Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Socialism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialism. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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