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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 376: Pigs in Space
Xeybozn 07/30/21 4:01:15 PM #162:	Forceful_Dragon posted... Aren't medicare and medicaid socialist programs? That depends on what the definition of "socialism" is. Going by the technical definition (community ownership of the means of production), neither one is anything even close to socialism. Going by the the more usual modern definition (stuff GOP voters hate), Medicaid is 100% socialism but Medicare is usually not (though sometimes it is, such as when Black people are allowed to use it). --- Congrats to 2020 GotD Guru champ azuarc! <cite>Xeybozn posted [p:956617086] in Politics C... [t:79576641]...</cite> <quote>Forceful_Dragon posted...</cite> <quote>Aren't medicare and medicaid socialist programs?</quote> That depends on what the definition of "socialism" is. Going by the technical definition (community ownership of the means of production), neither one is anything even close to socialism. Going by the the more usual modern definition (stuff GOP voters hate), Medicaid is 100% socialism but Medicare is usually not (though sometimes it is, such as when Black people are allowed to use it). --- Congrats to 2020 GotD Guru champ azuarc!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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