So What is Socialism According to Us?

This is not a site about Socialism as most of you may know it. This is a site that is discussing socialism in its purist sense.

So what is ‘Socialism’ according to us?

In the world of today, there are as many definitions of Socialism as there are political parties. We will be applying the following defintition in this site:

“Socialism is a political, economic and social system in which property, industry and wealth are in the control of the community and used to benefit the community itself.”

We will be arguing about the how much ‘property, industry and wealth’ should be in the control of the community and how, and to what extent, they should be controlled.

Some examples of socialism in action in the UK:

The National Health Service
The Education System
The Rail Network
The Power Industry
The Water Industry

“What?” I hear you say, “weren’t the last three privatised - surely they can’t be an example of socialism?”

Of course they still are, just less so than they used to be.

All of these industries have checks and balances in place that place ultimate control over how they are run in the hands of our elected government.

We can argue about how effectively they are run, and whether they may be better off totally in private hands, but that doesn’t change the fact that they are still a form of socialism in action.

OK, so thats our flag nailed firmly to the mast - lets go change the world