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[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Socialism is an economic idea diametrically opposed to capitalism in one key point: private property.

Social programs are not socialist. The government is not socialism.

Modern governments are tools directly descendent from the capitalist bourgeoisie revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries. They are tools of the capitalist class.

Social programs are appeasements to the proletariat class so they don’t revolt and destroy the government/capitalist class.

Socialism is the collective ownership of the means of production. Capitalism is (among other things) the private ownership of the means of production.

By the way, when socialists/communists say “private property”, they mean “private property of the means of production”. So “abolish private property” is to collectivise the means of production amongst the workers. Not to share toothbrushes.