You might not call yourself a socialist but you still think like one. You want the government to steal my property because (1)you think I have more than I need and (2)you know how to use my property better than I do and (3) it is necessary to give it to others because they "need" it more than I do.
For the benefit of Mr. Davis...
so·cial·ist
n.
An advocate of socialism.
often Socialist
A member of a political party or group that advocates socialism.
adj.
Of, promoting, or practicing socialism.
Socialist
Of, belonging to, or constituting a socialist party or political group.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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so·cial·ism
n.
Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy.
The stage in Marxist-Leninist theory intermediate between capitalism and communism, in which collective ownership of the economy under the dictatorship of the proletariat has not yet been successfully achieved.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
socialism
n
1: a political theory advocating state ownership of industry
2: an economic system based on state ownership of capital [syn: socialist economy] [ant: capitalism]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University