Why do you need healthcare? Because it's convenient for an argument?
Rubbish.
The problem here is that people will move the borders of things in order to make an argument stick.
What's a socialist country? Probably one that has full scale socialism, which I'd say is the means of production.
Healthcare, armed forces, police, infrastructure, all socialized, doesn't make a socialized country.
As I said, socialism is an economic term, the definition from the dictionary is a state where means of production are owned or regulated by the community. But today there is pure socialism which is communism and doesn't work, and socialism is just fair well regulated capitalism with a good safety net. We need Universal Health Care to qualify as socialists. The prime minister of Finland and I know best I guess. I have had many discussions in foreign countries about it and I know my 20th century history. I have a masters in history and and speak fluent French civilization.
No, Socialism is where the means of production are in the hands of the government.
Communism is when there is no government and the means of production are in the hands of the people.
Very different.
No, you don't need universal healthcare to be socialist and couldn't give a rats ass about you CV making you think you're somehow superior to other people and therefore you must be right.
Listen Bernie Sanders doesn't want government ownership of industry and business. I'm sick of socialism having no meaning in the United States. it's so confused. f*** the United States, the Bastion of Cold War idiocy and propaganda. Communism is pure socialism and doesn't work.
Okay, so Bernie Sanders isn't a Communist. Has he ever claimed to be one? If not, then why are you coming out with stuff that has nothing to do with what we're talking about.
You're sick of Socialism having no meaning, and I'm sick of what you're saying having no meaning. So, we're both a little sick right now.
Again, Communism is different to Socialism.
Christ, you supposedly have a masters in History. I'm calling you out on this, first because your grammar sucks, who gets a masters with shitty grammar? Second because you're not even able to come to a half sensible conclusion about the difference between Communism and Socialism. It's not hard.
Communism comes from the word "commune"
commune | Definition of commune in US English by Oxford Dictionaries
"A group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities."
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Origin
Middle English: from Old French comuner ‘to share’, from comun (see common).
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From the word "to share" in French and Latin where is means "common/joint/public"
Marxism - Wikipedia
"Marx hypothesized that socialism would ultimately transform into a
communist society; a classless, stateless, humane society based on
common ownership and the underlying principle: "
From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs"."
Classless, stateless society.
Communism is a society where the common people rule, not a ruling class, not politicians. You can't have a state because a state requires a ruler, a leader, or a group of leaders. Communism doesn't have this. Socialism can exist within a state.
Socialism is about social ownership. How that social ownership exists can be done in many different ways. But in practice it has happened within states. Say, China, the USSR, Cuba among other places.