Socialism will never work because it’s founded on emancipation, and you can’t force people to emancipate themselves. That would be the opposite of emancipation.

I’m not sure if this is a quote, I can’t remember where I heard it.

“Emancipation” in this case meaning emancipation from wage slavery.

  • irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    61·
    6 months ago

    No. Socialism is not when the government does stuff.

    Socialism refers to workers owning the means of production. Free education and universal healthcare are not socialist in themselves.

    • fort_burp@feddit.nlOP
      11·
      6 months ago

      Free education and universal healthcare are not socialist in themselves.

      Sure they are: production is undertaken to fulfill a social need.

      • irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        3·
        6 months ago

        Not exactly.
        Socialism is defined as:

        a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

        Essentially, the workers should own the means of production. This would involve workers having democratic control over their workplace, and have control over their produce.

        Universal Healthcare and free education is not socialist, it’s just government funded.