WAS IT SOCIALISM THAT DIED ?

Socialism has never been tried.

When it is tried it must be established globally. 

World socialism can only be brought about democratically. 

These three points are vital to any kind of an understanding of what 
socialism means. 

The idea that socialism has been tried in countries sometimes referred to
as socialist must be rejected. Look at the definition of socialism below
and ask yourself if this in any way describes the state capitalist, police
states of modern China and Cuba or the old regimes in Russia and eastern
Europe, or the past and present "social-democratic" governments in many
countries. 

Socialism could not exist just in one country. National socialism equals
non-socialism. The capitalist system is global and so must the system
which
will replace it. 

People cannot be led into socialism. Socialism will not be established by
good leaders or battling armies, but by thinking men, women and children.
There can be no socialism without socialists. 

So what does Socialism mean then? 

Socialism means a global system of social organization based on: 

Common Ownership: All the productive wealth of the world will belong to
all
the people of the world. No more transnational corporations or small
businesses and therefore nobody will own the world. It will be possessed
by
all of its inhabitants. 

Democratic Control By All: Who will run socialist society? We all will.
There will be no more government and governed. People will make decisions
freely in their communities, in regions and globally. With the existing
means of information technology and mass communication this is all
possible.

Production For Use: Instead of producing goods and services for sale and
profit, the sole reason for production will be to satisfy needs and
desires.

Free Access: A society in which everyone owns everything, decides
everything and only produces anything because it is useful will be one in
which all will have free access to what is produced. Money will cease to
have any function. People will not work for wages or salaries, but to give
what they can and take what they need. 

http://communities.msn.com/realworldsocialism


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