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Thats not what I'm watering down socialism to mean. I'm saying socialism is a lack of respect for rights, including property rights, in exchange for government control of them. Though you are right that this isn't socialism, but its definitely moving away from perfect capitalism (not necessarily...

I wasn't really responding to your point. But denying someone the ability to buy means banning someone else from selling, which does interfere with property rights. I mean, you could say this is inherently I'm not saying that rules = socialism, as there are some basic rules about who owns what...

First, lack of control over what one owns is pretty close to socialism. People 'own' things in China, but the state can seize them whenever they want, and restrict how people use them, etc. Also, people own themselves, so slavery wouldn't be included. But yes, the other things are steps on the...

No, there is in some sense. It's a lack of control over what one owns. Socialism is one extreme, where one owns nothing, but people should control what they own. And I don't believe in 'excessive ownership' either. It's not a thing, at least in modern times, unless we are talking about the...