If there's no set definition of socialism, how can hitler fall into a non-existent definition

Cause he called himself one

Ah okay

North Korea is a democracy then

Jesus I'm starting to believe that ancaps are worse than commies

I’m not ancap

If you guys would agree on what the heck socialism means then I would agree he’s not

But you don’t

Socialism is an economic system where production, allocation, and distribution are controlled by workers and production is solely for use value

To put it simply

Name examples

@olev Hey

what are you?

I mean there hasn't really been any instances of complete abscence of commodity production, but the closest examples would be 1936-1939 Catalonia

Maybe the Kibbutz community in Israel a long time ago

Exactly

@Deleted User Trotskyist

So you are one of the pure socialists

The definition socialists

But a lot of people call you communist

Well the end goal of higher stage communism isn't really a matter to focus on

Exactly so your a communist

Correct

Just the thing is, "communism" is a taboo word because of red scare propaganda

So a lot of people believe socialism is now meant as a economy with high social welfare programs

That's called social democracy

Ok but people call it socialism

Well they're wrong

and uneducated

@olev so no marxism?

I’ve met “socialists” that call it that

I am a marxist @Deleted User

@black jack Then they're probably not socialists

In fact there are socialists that say marx didn’t invent socialism

Or the definition

Marx didn't invent socialism

If that isn’t true then socialism doesn’t exist

Because that is where the definition comes from

There was communist thought even in ancient greece

Now we are back to many definitions

Where do you get your definition