Comment on Was it a good thing that SNW explicitly said the Federation is socialist?
Schmoo@slrpnk.net 5 months agoWhat you described is just welfare, not socialism. Socialism is collective ownership of the means of production, meaning there would be no need to re-distribute wealth as it would be fairly distributed from the start.
What you’re thinking of is more along the lines of what Scandinavian countries have, which is just capitalism with social democracy and extensive welfare programs.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Socialism isn’t a binary thing. It is an ideology that can be worked toward with various different degrees and measures. But also I clarify further down that my intent is not to give a definition of socialism, but rather to say that no definition of socialism makes sense in the context of ST’s federation and the magical impossible technology they possess.