**socialist**: 1. (Noun) A person who embrace some or all of the ideas of [Marx].
Common political agendas include:
Redistribution of wealth (from rich to poor), social security, free education & healthcare, strengthening of labour [unions].
Socialists usually have less orthodox oppinions than communists, though a person can be both. A socialist will usually distance himself from communist [dictators] like Stalin, and instead claim loyalty to the original ideas of Marx and [Lenin].
Unlike a communist, a socialist need not to be an atheist.
2. (Verb) Attributed to a country said to have a socialist system. This is often confused with communism, which according to Marx is a system where true equality exist, and the state have been made unneccesary. Most socialist agree that [no country] have had a truely communist regime.
*1. "He is a socialist, not a communist."
"Why?"
"He doesn't support [dictators] like [Stalin]."
2. The socialist [party favour] better healthcare over tax cuts.*
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