Just trying to understand

Their idea of socialism is quite different from ours

That's a failure of the English language

^

There's no good way to concisely explain complex ideas

German is a great language for that tbh

Great language in general.

People who say it's an ugly language are fools

Familiarize them with Wagner

Oughta change their minds real quick

The most beautiful language is Finnish

The funny thing is, the communists say the movement was inherently capitalist, and the capitalists say we are socialists and the socialists say we are Capitalists or the reverse of communism and nothing more

Prove me wrong

None of them can give me a straight answer

It's a third position

It rejects both communism and capitalism

It is socialist in that there are many programs to benefit the common people, protect the workers, etc

But at the same time it supports free Enterprise

Because it is understood that free people do not work without incentive

Such as the nationalization of certain industries critical to the nation of people?

I hope that's a good enough answer

Or

Yeah kinda

Personally I like the idea of industries which are nationalized with free market alternatives

I think the postal service in the US is a good example

Or the water systems

Exactly

Ahh ok

I think any essential service should have free market alternatives personally

Free Enterprise and Capitalism are not synonyms

What's the difference?

Free enterprise is kinda the natural mode of operation for people

No bulli I'm new

How so?

It's based on incentive.

People want to eat. People want homes

People acquire resources to meet these needs

And they do so of their own accord. That's free enterprise to my understanding

So is there any possibility for free enterprise and the National good to come into conflict?

Capitalism takes it up a few extra levels. It allows for a lot more exploitation

Does anyone else care to jump in? I'm not the best at economics