“... so that the socialist inclined here can see what will happen if we continue down this road.”
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US socialists know very well what happened every time that socialism was tried in the world but you seem to think that their mindset is love for this country.
Their driving force is the desire for power and total control over the American people — nothing less.
Every socialst inclined person I know always points to Europe as an example of how it works when I say something to the effect that socialism doesn’t work.