This Is Why We Need More Bernies
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People fight to escape oppression, authoritarianism, hardship. Sometimes those conditions flow from left-wing types, sometimes from right-wing types, sometimes from religious types, sometimes from those with no particular ideology such as strongmen and charismatic leaders.
What they have in common is bad conditions, not socialism.
In this millennium, we've seen massive refugee movement from Iraq, Myanmar, Latin America, Syria, Ukraine, and doubtless more that I'm not thinking of. How many were fleeing socialism?
Actually "the government helping those that need it" is a very good example of socialism at work. Not the whole definition, but definitely part.
No, it's not the only way to help people in need; but it's a good way.
Which is why a lot of Americans have decided maybe socialism is not the boogeyman concept we were taught to believe it is.
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Every time I see the title of this thread, I think it says
This is why We Need More Berries. And I expect nutrition advice.
Who came up with this thread title, anyway?
This is why We Need More Berries. And I expect nutrition advice.
Who came up with this thread title, anyway?
I might be open to the supposed evils of socialism if rich people, republicans and business types didn’t show so much affection for socialism. They absolutely love socialism just so long as they are the beneficiaries and that not a crumb goes to the other.
So literally every company is socialist by that standard.
I know what you're saying, and agree. But a better word for that behavior is "corruption" - not "socialism."
Is “handouts for me, bootstraps for thee” catchy enough?
I remember a saying by Limbaugh’s substitute host who was later a Minnesota congressman. He spoke a truth that is rarely uttered on the right today: “privatize the profits and socialize the losses.” This was around the time of the banking bailouts.
I disagree that it is socialism. I don't think social security, Medicare or any other form of government assistance is socialism - or at the very most a bad example of it.
The definition - "a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole."
A cooperative is an example of socialism, I believe.
There is nothing "non-capitalism" about the strong and powerful helping the less fortunate.
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‘Politics should be kind of boring’ even for important subjects: Bernie Sanders full interview
‘Politics should be kind of boring’ even for important subjects: Bernie Sanders full interview
Bernie is the main reason why politics aren’t boring. He’s created a cult of people who think they shouldn’t have to work for anything.
Yeah we do. It is time to rethink many of the WWII
postwar policies that have obligated the US to spend untold billions every year to benefit other countries so that seniors and veterans in those countries have it better than seniors and veterans in OUR Country.
Are we ready to act on what that means?
There’s nothing wrong with owning two, or more, houses. Just don’t act like you’re such a “man of the average people” persona that Bernie tries to do.I just ordered his latest book. Yes, he's written a few. I'll let you know how he feels about capitalism when I'm actually reading it.
The title notwithstanding, it's quite possible to be angry about capitalism without wanting to completely eliminate it. In fact, if you are a thinking person, it's probably required to be angry about it.
Bernie has done OK. Right wingers like to bitch about his house situation. I guess they don't think he and his wife should have inherited a house from her parents. Otherwise what's wrong with a guy on Senate pay ($174K) having more than 1 house?
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