It’s time to give socialism a try

Washington Post ^ | March 6, 2018 | Elizabeth Bruenig

[laplata]

Right.

[Buckeye McFrog]

This empty, vacant piece does not even manage to express a coherent reason WHY we should try Socialism.

[Gumdrop]

Ummmmmmmmm. Didn’t Hitler try socialism too?

[Jan_Sobieski]

I think it is time to give free markets a try!

[A_perfect_lady]

reducing the vast inequality

Well, she has a point. Socialism is very effective at introducing nation-wide poverty, which is the epitome of "equality."

[JimRed]

You had it for most of eight years and only diminished the economy and stepped upon freedoms. Relocate to a socialist paradise if you don’t like it here!

[JimRed]

No clicks for the ComPost.

[robroys woman]

I can only assume the title is sarcasm (I didn’t read the article because I’m not really into satire and if the title is not sarcasm it’s too stupid to bother wasting my time on.)

[Richard Axtell]

“Democratic Socialism”, I like that! An oxymoron if I have ever heard of one. Does that mean that when it all fails disastrously, we all get to vote out the idiots who fooled us into swallowing their lies? Based on the Stalinist track record of even the immediate past, that would probably be a “no”. Socialism always will decline and degenerate into chaos and violence. At least we have that to look forward to.

[According2RecentPollsAirIsGood]

Not to be confused for a totalitarian nostalgist, I would support a kind of socialism that would be democratic and aimed primarily at decommodifying labor, reducing the vast inequality brought about by capitalism, and breaking capital’s stranglehold over politics and culture.,

Just came across this quote by Ayn Rand last week that just so perfectly describes things and fits perfectly for this situation:

"There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism—by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide."

(Source: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/socialism.html)

[RJS1950]

Wow! That money statement mirrors the stated goals of Mussolini’s fascist movement in Italy.

[griswold3]

We have a ‘mixed economy’ with market base activity supporting the redistribution of wealth. The current Socialists (wearing TShirts reading ‘For the People/ By the People’) do not realize once People Who Work for a Living get tired of supporting People Who Vote for a Living, it’s the end.
(See Venezuela)

[RJS1950]

That should read the modern face of fascism.

Her reasoning is the same as was used by Mussolini and his Italian fascist movement.

[WayneS]

Capitalism is the worst economic system in the world - except for all the others.

[miss marmelstein]

She can’t even right but she’s going to change the world.

[WayneS]

Yes. Almost exactly the same.

[Art in Idaho]

Do these people read any history? Do they not know the factual death toll of socialism/communism in the 20th century? Do they really not know about the incomprehensible suffering in the Gulags? Have they read any Solzhenitsyn? Talk about brainwashed. I'm afraid we're going to have to keep plugging away trying to educate the Millennial and others of all ages. Socialism is cool. Yeah, right. Read a book for a change.

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Sir Winston Churchill

"Since this is an era when many people are concerned about 'fairness' and 'social justice,' what is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?" - Thomas Sowell

"A nation of well informed men, who have been taught to know and to prize the rights that God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." - Benjamin Franklin

"Failed socialism does not result in reform but in more socialism." FReeper nathanbedford

"Income redistribution in any form is an outrage and violation of Natural Law." - FReeper Jacquerie

[BatGuano]

If you want to try communism, be my guest. Move to Russia, China or to our neighbors in Havana and Venezuela and tell me how that works out for you. That would be a “stranglehold” like you have never seen! Stupid Millennial for sure!

[null and void]

We could do it with a distinctly America first flavor, let’s call it National Socialism!

[goldstategop]

This young woman advocates a state taeover at a time when the Chinese are trying to shrink their state-owned sector.

I’m not an apologist for President Xi but he understands reality far better than this young woman does.

Its not possible for the state to run everything - not if it wants to give people freedom of choice and a higher quality of life.

Those things can only be delivered by the market.