From Texas Standard : The term "socialism" seems to be an early front-runner for the top buzzword of the 2020 election season. Democrats and Republicans have been using the word a lot lately, but what does it really mean? At the recent Conservative Political Action Conference, President Donald Trump told the crowd , "Democrat lawmakers are now embracing socialism. They want to replace individual rights with total government domination." But Jennifer Mercieca, associate professor of communication at Texas A&M University specializing in political rhetoric, says the way Trump characterizes socialism is different than its technical definition.
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