Hey man. I can teach you the secret of living your whole life without having to work to support yourself. You just have to be comfortable without washing much.
Posted on 04/07/2016 7:28:59 AM PDT by huldah1776
Bernie Sanders and his young supporters say, “No worries, we’re democratic socialists.” Outsiders say, “No problem, they barely know what socialism is.” Others see Sanders’s movement as a passing response to an economic downturn.
All of this is largely mistaken. Modern American socialism is decidedly undemocratic; its young acolytes are far less ignorant of socialism than they appear; and contemporary socialism is more of a religious than an economic phenomenon. Distracted by the disturbing rise of Donald Trump, liberals and conservatives alike are responding far too complacently to a recrudescent socialist movement that is destined to harm our democracy.
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The upper-middle-class climate-warriors at the heart of Sanders’s movement imagine themselves victims of a world-destroying capitalist conspiracy. Incremental nationalization of the energy industry is their path to global salvation; nor is the silencing of climate dissenters too high a price to pay. Other Sanders socialists aim to shut down Trump rallies. This is not democracy but a return of authoritarian socialism, the most seductive secular religion that history has ever known.
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Bern's appeal is to young, ignorant, idealistic drones with no investment in the system. When you stand to reap all the benefits of a system with none of the costs, who wouldn't support it?
But soon the millennials will graduate from kindergarten and start to understand the "no free lunch" concept. And when they start getting the bill for these magical proposals of Sanders', they'll "Bern out."
And, at that point, it will be too late.
America - Soon to be Europe.
Youth support for Sanders is a symptom of a massive nanny-state, forcing progressive-left ideology through all its channels, paid for by massive Federal Reserve debt.
Hey man. I can teach you the secret of living your whole life without having to work to support yourself. You just have to be comfortable without washing much.
Bump for later.
Huh? No where in the Declaration nor the Constitution is the word "democracy" used. Furthermore, this clown should recite/read the Pledge. He might get a clue.
LOL post of the day!
They have to say democracy because it “sounds like” democrat, and never say republic because it sounds like...
That’s how they are taught, eh?
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