What Actually is Socialism? An Objective Guide

Has 'real' socialism ever been tried? What do socialists want? Who owns the 'means of production' and what are they? How does the economy work in socialism? Who's in charge? What's the difference between socialism in theory and socialism as has been practised?Today, we'll be answering all these questions and more as we use political science (+ some economics, history, and political philosophy) to cut through all the bias, partisanship, and confusion to identify what socialism REALLY is. There's so much conflicting and biased information on socialism out there that it's incredibly difficult to gather up all the scattered strands of real information and put them all together. Luckily, that's exactly what we've done here!This episode is part of a multipart special on this channel about different political ideologies, providing an objective guide to all of them. You'll get the most out of it by watching the preceding episodes in the series, but every episode on Polymath is designed to be 100% understandable and enjoyable by itself. Tune in, kick back, and enjoy!