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socialism

noun as in socialist government

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In one ad, he tapped Morgan Spector, the bearded star of the HBO hit “The Gilded Age,” to roast the rich for whining about socialism while chomping on lobster.

Ms. Spanberger told her Democratic congressional colleagues on a 2020 conference call never to “use the word ‘socialist’ or ‘socialism’ ever again” and to refrain from endorsing demands to “defund” the police.

"That, my friend, is socialism in action," she said, warning her political opponents would put all those achievements at risk.

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"If socialism is government owning the means of production," he wrote on X, "wouldn't the government owning part of Intel be a step toward socialism?"

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She said her early experiences in Nigeria shaped her political outlook, including "why I don't like socialism".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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