Socialism Accusations Debate

Comments repeatedly accuse or question if a policy or idea amounts to socialism, often sarcastically, while debating definitions and distinctions from social welfare or other systems.

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US AI SOCIALISM MUH FREEDOMZ USSR tumblr.com USA NHS wikipedia.org socialism socialist radical definition collective social capitalists policies communism ussr

Sample Comments

huragok Oct 29, 2018 View on HN

Sorry Comrade, that would be socialism.

levosmetalo Jan 13, 2014 View on HN

what does this has to do with socialism?

huragok Jun 30, 2021 View on HN

Careful now, that sounds like socialism!

tormeh Jan 17, 2025 View on HN

Pretty much, yeah: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

joeblow9999 Dec 30, 2019 View on HN

socialist is about economic policies. your link is about something else

kergonath Mar 22, 2022 View on HN

Sounds like socialism, though. Can’t have that!

neoeldex May 8, 2018 View on HN

That would be socialist of the USA ;)

taskforcegemini Mar 31, 2025 View on HN

because that would be socialism /s

k-mcgrady May 30, 2014 View on HN

Because that would be SOCIALISM! /s

owebmaster Jul 24, 2025 View on HN

You are describing socialism. The US won't ever be socialist. And it works, China is proving that.