"We live in a post-factual world."

[DonFerrari]

Nymeria said:
Reading through this thread a challenge I see is people cannot agree on definitions meaning reality schisms when such a word is used.

"I think more socialism in our society is a good thing."

Socialism clearly has very different meaning to members here so even though the sentence is the same, the interpretation is dramatically different. It could translate to...

"I think the state should provide more social programs such as healthcare and education to the people."
or
"I think the state should restrict personal freedoms and place crippling taxes for their own gain."

When there is no arbiter to dictate what we're discussing, it is not a surprise that personal interpretations lead to different conclusions. Once the metaphorical well has been poisoned people will go into own realities and accept that which more readily conforms to their views. A recent example is the fact that millions of Americans surveyed think that Hillary Clinton ran a child sex slave ring out of a pizzeria demonstrates what people can accept once distortion occurs. (Note: I am aware this is not a one sided argument, it was just a recent example that was striking to me.)

The problem in differentiating both "socialisms" (socialism is actually the government dominating the means of production, but ok let's be inclusive in this) is that usually the "let's give more healthcare and education 'for free'" needs the crippling taxes.