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Dear socialists on #Nostr,

Libertarians and socialists could actually live together without any trouble if it weren’t for socialists always resorting to tyranny and enforcing others into slavery to their system.

There is nothing about socialism (commune living) as a chosen way to live that’s incompatible with freedom. It’s when you decide it’s ok to force your religion onto everyone else by pointing the state gun at everyone’s head, forcing them to pay for a system and people they don’t agree with, making them slaves.

If people don’t agree with your system, leave them alone and live your own life, and you won’t start a war. 😁👍🏻

Cheers

ThatGuy 1y ago

100%, little "s" socialism can be an amazing lifestyle for a group of people who voluntarily live that association. It's that whole forcing others to do what you say, definitely one of the roots of evil.

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Liberty Farmer 1y ago

Collectivism isn't socialism.

Combining voluntarily with others is not socialism.

Socialism involves believing nobody has rights to their own product, labor, money, trade, skills, and so on.

Huge difference

ThatGuy 1y ago

Completely fair. I'm being far too loose with words. I attempted to separate socialism from its marxist/politically-charged roots by emphasizing a little 's', but, collectivism is a "cleaner" word.

833336b4... 1y ago

That's a good way to make the distinction.

Guy Swann 1y ago

I think the problem is constant conflation by the people who actually support it. Language on all sides is constantly co-opted and made vague and confusing.