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Both Democrats and Republicans either refuse to define socialism or claim it's too complicated to define, so instead describe what socialism means to them. But it's actually very simple. Socialism is when the government owns or controls the means of production and operates them for the collective benefit of all. Capitalism is when the means of production are privately owned and operated for private profit. Democrats refuse to define it as they don't want the public to know that is exactly what they want. Republicans won't define it either because in many cases they want the same thing.