socialism vs capitalism

[Ian Livingston]

There is a link to the questionnaire used at the top of the column on
the right side of the page. Given the format, it seems the questions
were geared to get responses to the words, not to the ideas. It's a
relatively small fraction of Americans who actually understand the
ideas in the first place, anyway, so, in order to get responses to the
actual ideas involved in capitalism and socialism, etc., an accurate
survey would have to break the ideas into simple terms. Re-posting
Paul's original link:
http://www.people-press.org/2011/12/28/little-change-in-publics-response-to-capitalism-socialism/?src=prc-headline
 Look at the pdfs in the "Report Materials" section on the right.

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
> On 1/2/2012 12:45 PM, Bekah wrote:
>>
>> If asked if I had a favorable or unfavorable reaction to socialism,  could
>> I say no?   (or does it have to be one or the other?)
>
>
> The positives and negatives don't add to 100 percent so I guess you could
> answer no opinion.
>
> This latter category accounted for 20 percent with respect to "capitalism"
> and 19 percent with respect to "socialism."
>
> P
>
>>
>> Bekah
>>
>>
>> On Jan 2, 2012, at 8:04 AM, Paul Mackin wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/1/2012 10:04 PM, David Morris wrote:
>>>>
>>>> P-listers should know that the Capitalism/Socialism polarity is false
>>>
>>> True, and I did slightly misstate the survey's question in my own
>>> introductory question.
>>>
>>> The question asked was, do you have a favorable or unfavorable reaction
>>> to "socialism?" (and same for "capitalism")
>>>
>>> No definitions were given, and it would certainly have been possible for
>>> a respondent to have a negative reaction to both of them, or to neither.
>>>
>>>  In other words. it wasn't a choice between the two isms.
>>>
>>> P
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Sunday, January 1, 2012, Paul Mackin<mackin.paul at verizon.net>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> can you find the three groups that have a more favorable view toward
>>>>> socialism than capitalism?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.people-press.org/2011/12/28/little-change-in-publics-response-to-capitalism-socialism/?src=prc-headline
>>>>>
>>
>



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creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the
trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments
of darkness groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates
than the simplest urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant