socialist ideals
Wealth for all
Socialist ideals are the principles underlying socialism as a political philosophy: collective ownership of productive resources, equitable distribution of wealth, and prioritizing community welfare over individual profit.
The phrase often appears in political discourse, sometimes aspirationally She was drawn to socialist ideals of economic justice, sometimes critically He dismissed socialist ideals as utopian fantasy.
What counts as socialist ideals varies widely across speakers and contexts.
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- wealth inequalityUnequal distribution of assets
- equalitySame status for all
- mutual aidCooperative community support
- participatory democracyGovernance through active citizen involvement
Marxism · solidarity · internationalism · egalitarianism · human dignity · collectivism · public ownership · worker control · planned economy · state intervention · political activism · fairness · bread and roses · common good · grassroots organizing · progressive taxation · anti-capitalism · class consciousness
- Kibbutzkibbutz, kibbutzim, communal kitchen, communal meals, collective ownership
- arts and craftspottery, collage, woodcarving, origami, weaving
socialist idealscapitalism
Private profit-based economy
neoliberalism · rugged individualism · Reaganomics · Thatcherism · supply-side economics
socialist idealsindividualism
Doctrine of personal independence
rugged individualism · self-reliance · libertarianism · every man for himself · enlightened self-interest
socialist idealssocial Darwinism
Misapplied natural selection to society
individualism · meritocracy · elitism · self-interest · survival of the fittest
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