Will the liberals who accuse me of not knowing what socialism is please furnish a definition of it?

[Steve K]

Socialism is the transition stage of Capitalism moving to Communism. So long as the ruling class is still allowed to maintain their businesses the middle class can remain employed and the subclass can still be fed. Once the ruling class get tired of producing for no financial rewards or at a reduced rate of return they cease to work to produce and they too start to live off the state. At this time the system breaks down having no intelligent ruling class leaders in charge of production. Incompetents are now in charge and production breaks down and quality approaches unacceptability. Without production the subclass starts to run out of necessities and become a security problem. The security forces then have to be built up to protect the sinking middle class. Usually by this time chaos develops and all is lost. Socialism is always short lived. Read History!