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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by controversial

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political theories for example shorism the belief that we should launch the [People partying in jersey shore]

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entire cast of the Jersey Shore into space all right check out the following

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passage and thinking about 15 minutes of fame socialism....[muttering]

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In a socialist society...

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[mumbling]

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.....All right socialism it's a touchy subject and according to some we're

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already living in it...but the textbook definition is a little

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different so which of these statements is accurate in a true socialist society

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option A) actually contradicts the text the passage states socialism advocates [Option A and highlighted text]

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cooperative management of production this means that workers don't have

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sole say in decisions, after all not every day can be Taco Tuesday and [Man celebrating riding on a taco]

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similarly this means that the business owners can't make all the decisions too..

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socialism is about working together man keeping things mutual cool [Woman in a meadow of sunflowers]

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yeah and option D) is way off base the passage says that merit and contribution

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determine distribution of income non-investment in socialist principles

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so sorry about having an I heart london lunch box won't get you that pay raise [Man holding a I love london lunchbox]

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the only option that logically follows from the text is C) as the passage

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state in a socialist society everyone manages the means of production together

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so option C) is the right choice now for our next controversial political theory

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mime-ism the belief that all politicians should be replaced by

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professional mimes - sign us up for that yeah, great, good luck.. [mime artist on stage]

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