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    Quote Originally Posted by Taichiliberal View Post
    like misery, idiocy seems to love company. You, TD and CFM have a nice circle jerk, Earl.
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    Quote Originally Posted by reagansghost View Post
    GOP Grabs 'Socialism' as 2020 Lifeline

    I noticed

    they're actually doing liberals a favor, long past time to have a national discussion about American socialism, as in SS, Medicare, the VA, Medicaid, food stamps, all of it

    we'll see where the American people are on this issue, won't be good for conservative dinosaurs for sure
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    Thanks, Wolverine. From your link:

    'Debunking: "Do you like roads, public schools, police departments, fire departments and libraries? You already enjoy socialist institutions."

    I saw Hasan Piker from TYT repeat this in his Politicon debate and it's one of those narratives that refuses to die. It's used by Leftists to warm up ignorant people to the idea of socialism through normalization. You see, you've already been living your life surrounded by socialist institutions and you didn't even realize it until now! Oh socialism isn't THAT bad!

    It's a purposeful lie or a lie repeated by newbie Leftist that are just parroting what they've heard from other Leftists.

    Socialism and capitalism are economic models that concern themselves primarily with what's done with the surplus product created by profitable industries. Capitalism says that the profits belong to the owner of the business and it is up to them to determine pretty much all aspects of running their business. Socialism, either through state-control/regulatory bodies/workers councils, carries out the will of the workers to equitably redistribute the wealth created by industries.

    With that in mind, a road does not generate a profit, the police do not participate in the market, students do not receive wages for their "work" and libraries do not typically sell products in order to become wealthy. Collecting taxes to pay for public services and welfare programs is not socialist. Every modern country has roads, public schools and police officers, that doesn't make them inherently socialist. Ancient rome had highways, public bathhouses and aqueducts but this doesn't mean they invented socialism.

    I've seen some attempt to say that universities are socialist institutions due to tuitions, enrollment and profits from sports events being central to their continued operation. The critical difference is that these profits are not passed on to "workers" (students) who make up the body of the school and the students do not have a prominent role in how the school's money is spent, that role belongs to the administration.

    Not all government action is socialist just because you happen to enjoy or benefit from it. When someone repeats "Do you like roads, police, fire departments etc." Ask them "How much gross profit did your fire department make last year?"

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    Hello Bourbon,

    Quote Originally Posted by Bourbon View Post
    When Asked About Bernie Sanders









    GOP Grabs 'Socialism' as 2020 Lifeline



    For the first time since the midterms, Republicans find themselves playing offense as they push ‘socialism vs. freedom’ as an opening 2020 message,” Axios reports.

    “Giddy House Republicans hope they can ride this message into 2020 — just as Dems seized their winning 2018 midterm message as soon as House Rs voted in 2017 to weaken protections for pre-existing conditions.”


    https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/19...2020-lifeline/

    It's not going to work ...
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    Hello and welcome climate+equality,

    Quote Originally Posted by climate+equality View Post
    Ocasio-Cortez is not a socialist.
    It wouldn't be such a bad thing if she said she was. The lines are blurred these days. Norway is socialist. But they also have lots of capitalism. I think a blend of the two is best. Bernie is on top of that.

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    How is Ocasio-Cortez condescending?
    I don't see how she could be, from her lowly position.

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    Public services are free because we pay taxes.
    We, the People, looking out for We, the People. Government by the consent of the governed. Great concept.

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    At least Labour did not screw the United Kingdom with Brexit.
    That sure is spiraling downhill.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post

    He IS likeable. I voted for him last time, went to his rally in STL, donated to his campaign, etc. But he will be 80 in 2020. It's time for us old geezers to pass the torch to the younger generations.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    He IS likeable. I voted for him last time, went to his rally in STL, donated to his campaign, etc. But he will be 80 in 2020. It's time for us old geezers to pass the torch to the younger generations.
    Do they want it? I begin to feel that experience is what matters - while we can still remember it!

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    Bernie, the poor, well not so poor, sap, is a stone socialist. The control of goods and services as we saw in the extraordinary success (sic) of socialism in Venezuela, is his plan for America. Perhaps those who espouse socialism should emigrate to Venezuela...bring food.

    America has a Capitalistic economic unit...and always will.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iolo View Post
    Do they want it? I begin to feel that experience is what matters - while we can still remember it!
    Heheheh.... really. I would offer a compromise: A ticket consisting of someone from my generation (60s and up), coupled with a running mate from my older kids' generation (40s and up). What do you think?

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    Quote Originally Posted by e-vince View Post
    Yes the republicans want Russian money not socialism
    You just said Bernie used Russian money. Is Bernie a Republican?


    Quote Originally Posted by e-vince View Post
    the founders used the tool of socialism when they wrote the constitution
    You realize no matter how many times you repeat this bullshit, it's still a lie, right? Of course you do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    Bernie, the poor, well not so poor, sap, is a stone socialist. The control of goods and services as we saw in the extraordinary success (sic) of socialism in Venezuela, is his plan for America. Perhaps those who espouse socialism should emigrate to Venezuela...bring food.

    America has a Capitalistic economic unit...and always will.
    Bernie is a hardcore communist, don't be fooled by the "Democrat Socialist" moniker.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Truth Detector View Post








    You really are too stupid to comprehend how dumb this statement is. They are FREE because we PAY!??? STFU, seriously.



    Ocasio-Cortez does not want the government to own the means of production. You have not explained how she is condescending. Public services are free for everybody because we pay our progressive amount of tax. Do you think Brexit is a good idea?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Hello and welcome climate+equality,



    It wouldn't be such a bad thing if she said she was. The lines are blurred these days. Norway is socialist. But they also have lots of capitalism. I think a blend of the two is best. Bernie is on top of that.



    I don't see how she could be, from her lowly position.



    We, the People, looking out for We, the People. Government by the consent of the governed. Great concept.



    That sure is spiraling downhill.
    Exactly, social democracy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by climate+equality View Post
    Exactly, social democracy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    incorrect to conflate essential services to "socialism"

    Socialist goes to the method of value distribution of goods and services.

    Market forces control capitalism Q.who controls socialist distribution? A.bureaucrats! *what could go wrong?*
    The political party you vote for, support, and tenaciously defend literally calls western Europe, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Netherlands, et al. "socialist".

    That's how your own party defines "socialism". In which case, using your own party's definition, if we look to Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, then socialism is one of the most admired and successful socio-economic systems in human history.

    Leading Republicans Refer to Western Europe as "Socialists"
    ....(and let's not forget, rightwing message boarders have spent years calling western Europe "socialist")......

    Lately it seems that not a day goes by without a Republican presidential candidate portraying Europe as a socialist nightmare. Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum paint a picture of the Old World as unfree, strangulated by bureaucratic and inefficient welfare systems, and unable to reform and modernize. To these Republicans, Europe seems to be the antipode to everything America is meant to be.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...=.310f3f267a8a

    Leading Republicans Call Western Europe "Socialist"
    Newt Gingrich has constantly accused the president of being a "European Socialist", often adding in a reference to an all-but-forgotten community activist from Chicago, who died in 1972, but whose Democratic-leaning writings are thought to have influenced the current president

    "I am for the Declaration of Independence; he is for the writing of Saul Alinsky. I am for the Constitution; he is for European socialism," Mr Gingrich told voters in Florida last week.
    http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16583813

    Bill O'Reilly noted rightwing blowhard: Western Europe is basically socialist
    "I received a letter from Rhonda Hallett who lives in Jacksonville, North Carolina asking me to define Bernie's doctrine of Democratic socialism. Ok. That's basically what some countries in western Europe have, a political system that limits personal income through taxation in return for cradle to grave payouts from the governments. That's the trade."
    http://nation.foxnews.com/2016/02/14...atic-socialism

    Vice President Mike Pence is on record referring to western Europe as "socialist".
    when Representative Mike Pence, Republican of Indiana, denounced “European-style socialism,” in his speech at the conference on Thursday, the jeers from the crowd did not exactly signal an openness to debate it on the merits.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/w...leibovich.html

    European socialism taking root in US, Fox News's Stuart Varney says
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics...us-varney-says

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