Quote:So now the compensatory exchange between an employer and an employee is socialism? I can't get on board with that perception. Just because the government is the employer that does not automatically make the exchange socialism.

 

There's a huge difference in an employer who generates income in the private sector and the government who can only redistribute tax revenue. If we view government as just another private sector entity income distribution as a whole is an invalid argument.

 

Yes Socialism is a distribution of good through a central authority to individuals sometimes as welfare and sometimes as payment for services but the fact that it's revenue generated through tax and distribution through government is a prime example of socialism. 

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