Equality vs Socialism - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The fact of being equal.
(uncountable, mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
(uncountable) The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.
(Marxism) The intermediate phase of social development between capitalism and full communism in Marxist theory in which the state has control of the means of production.
Any of several later political philosophies such as libertarian socialism, democratic socialism and social democracy which do not envisage the need for full state ownership of the means of production nor transition to full communism, and which are typically are based on principles of community decision making, social equality and the avoidance of economic and social exclusion, with economic policy should giving first preference to community goals over individual ones.
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As nouns the difference between equality and socialism
is that equality is the fact of being equal while socialism is the intermediate phase of social development between capitalism and full communism in Marxist theory in which the state has control of the means of production.equality
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
Synonyms
* (fact of being equal ): equivalence parity,Antonyms
* (fact of being equal ): difference, inequality * (equal treatment of people ): discrimination, inequality nonequivilencesocialism
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(wikipedia socialism)Noun
(en-noun)- For me, socialism is not statism, or the collective ownership of the means of production. It is a judgment on the priorities of economic policy.. the community takes precedence over the individual in legitimate economic policy. The first lien on the resources of a society therefore should be to establish that "social minimum" which would allow individuals to lead a life of self-respect, to be members of the community.