You did not explain who the 18 armies are. Provide a link, please
Socialism is the government ownership of the means of production and distribution. It does not matter if it is controlled by the working class to be socialism. Cuba has socialism but there is no democracy. You are giving somebody's variant of socialism--perhaps communist theory that claims the state will "wither away."
Again, when was the Soviet Union a democracy (that the 18 armies destroyed)?
NO country has socialism unless the working class is in power, obviously, whatever your masters tell you. The eighteen armies ranged for the Czechs to the British and Americans, not excluding the czarists, Poles and Japanese. You can't mean your masters keep something from you? Shocking heresy! The Soviet Union was a democracy for a few months until the Party took over, as you know. Heil Trump and free information!
Information must be free and available if you have that information. Tip: not all free information is reliable. Your definition of socialism and history of the Soviet Union, for example, are not consistent with accepted knowledge. I suspect you get your information from very partisan sources.
Rune (03-19-2018)
Only variant there is, kid. Jut as weirdoes in the US call themselves 'Christian', all soetsa of capitalists call themselves 'socialist'. Socialism is about the removal of the thieves and their replacement by decent people, and always has been. You know who your masters are - they are the ones whose bits and boots you lick.
Are those the same ones you lick? If not, how are we governed by different masters.
Somebody has been holding back information on you if you think there is only one variant of socialism (which existed for only two months according to you).
Types of Socialism
https://www.philosophybasics.com/branch_socialism.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_socialism
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evince (03-18-2018)
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no that is Democracy combined with well fettered capitalism
pure socialism does not imply Democracy or well fettered capitalism
there is NO automatic setting
mankind has to police any government structure to ensure the sociopathic don't work their way into power.
Democracy must be a bigger part of the mix than socialism
and Capitalism MUST be a BIG part of it
then you can employ socialistic tools to help FETTER that capitalism properly
things like the post office NOT being privately owned
the founders wrote that bit of socialism right into the constitution
the military is a socialistic tool also
with out these three all employed together you will struggle
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