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So I wanna get to this.

Theo Von has Zoran Mamdani on his podcast, and he asks him how he defines socialism.

Now, as you know, uh, socialism, if you want the textbook definition, the textbook definition of socialism, socialism is when the government controls the means of production.

Now, some people, of course, then differentiate between so- socialism and communism.

There is a differentiation, but they are related.

And Marx would even say, Karl Marx even said that communism is the end goal.

Socialism is this, um, kind of temporary s- uh, program, this temporary system that you pass through to get from capitalism to communism.

Here's the actual definition, "A political and economic theory of social organization which advocates the means, that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned and regulated by the community as a whole," which of course would mean by the government.

Now, if you wanna look at the differences between socialism and communism, there are some, uh, some, some differences.

But again, socialism is heading in the direction of communism.

That needs to be- That needs to be understood.

Now, this here, if I look online and give you the textbook explanation here, it says, "Socialism and communism both aim for economic equality." Oh, it sounds so good to people, my friends.

They aim for economic equality, but socialism allows for, allows for, allows for democratic governance and private property, while communism seeks a classless, stateless society through collective ownership.

And so for people like Marx, communism is the end game.

We want a classless, stateless society.

We don't want any private property.

They don't want any religion.

They don't want any...

F- folks, they don't want things like marriage.

They want the, the, the destruction of the nuclear family.

They want, uh, children to belong to the state.

There'll be, again, a stateless society.

In fact, these, these comm- it's like a, it's like a hippie commune, right? It really is.

They don't want marriage.

They don't want one husband and one wife.

So I wanna get to this.

Theo Von has Zoran Mamdani on his podcast, and he asks him how he defines socialism.

Now, as you know, uh, socialism, if you want the textbook definition, the textbook definition of socialism, socialism is when the government controls the means of production.

Now, some people, of course, then differentiate between so- socialism and communism.

There is a differentiation, but they are related.

And Marx would even say, Karl Marx even said that communism is the end goal.

Socialism is this, um, kind of temporary s- uh, program, this temporary system that you pass through to get from capitalism to communism.

Here's the actual definition, "A political and economic theory of social organization which advocates the means, that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned and regulated by the community as a whole," which of course would mean by the government.

Now, if you wanna look at the differences between socialism and communism, there are some, uh, some, some differences.

But again, socialism is heading in the direction of communism.

That needs to be- That needs to be understood.

Now, this here, if I look online and give you the textbook explanation here, it says, "Socialism and communism both aim for economic equality." Oh, it sounds so good to people, my friends.

They aim for economic equality, but socialism allows for, allows for, allows for democratic governance and private property, while communism seeks a classless, stateless society through collective ownership.

And so for people like Marx, communism is the end game.

We want a classless, stateless society.

We don't want any private property.

They don't want any religion.

They don't want any...

F- folks, they don't want things like marriage.

They want the, the, the destruction of the nuclear family.

They want, uh, children to belong to the state.

There'll be, again, a stateless society.

In fact, these, these comm- it's like a, it's like a hippie commune, right? It really is.

They don't want marriage.

They don't want one husband and one wife.