Quote Originally Posted by .blank cd View Post
I'm trying to understand how much you understand what socialism is. Why so defensive? There wasn't a wrong answer. Did you read what the political philosophers who were the first to come up with socialism said about it? They seem to have a different idea of what socialism is. Why is your idea of socialism different than theirs?

You said that socialism is the redistribution of money through taxation, then you said the government could operate on $1T. How do you suppose the government get that money, then operate, without taking that money from someone, then giving it to someone else?
Who was the true architect of modern socialism (from the economic perspective)? This should be easy for you, since you studied economics.