Socialism

Definition: Socialism is a system of government in which the government controls all means of production and the economy. It in theory creates equal-power relations, allows the common ownership of resources within a society, and tends to constrain the ideas of free trade competition among people. As an economic system Socialism is divided into many different categories and ideas relating to the structure of government, the economy, and social ideas.

Early Socialists:

Henri de Saint-Simon

Charles Fourier

Robert Owen

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Mikhail Bakunin

Socialist Countries:

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Laos

Cuba

People's Republic of China

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

People's Republic of Angola

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