Posted on 03/07/2018 6:54:05 AM PST by PROCON
In the United States, weve arrived at a pair of mutually exclusive convictions: that liberal, capitalist democracies are guaranteed by their nature to succeed and that in our Trumpist moment they seem to be failing in deeply unsettling ways. For liberals and by this I mean inheritors of the long liberal tradition, not specifically those who might also be called progressives efforts to square these two notions have typically combined expressions of high anxiety with reassurances that, if we only have the right attitude, everything will set itself aright.
Hanging on and hoping for the best is certainly one approach to rescuing the best of liberalism from its discontents, but my answer is admittedly more ambitious: Its time to give socialism a try.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
well, at least WaPoo isn’t pretending any longer ...
I wonder if the WaPo’s billionaire owner approved this message?
“Its time to give socialism a try”
I have a better idea. All those who want socialism should go outside on a bright sunny day and stare at the sun directly for an hour.
Socialism has been tried many times. The results are always the same; starvation, tyranny and government terror. Further, you get charged with a hate crime for criticizing the government policies.
"I dont think that every problem can be traced back to capitalism: There were calamities and injustices long before capital, and Ill venture to say there will be after. But it seems to me that its time for those who expected to enjoy the end of history to accept that, though theyre linked in certain respects, capitalism seems to be at odds with the harmonious, peaceful, stable liberalism of midcentury dreams."
She overpaid for her education and sounds like a teenager...
California is giving it a try and it doesn't seem to be working so well.
Send this idiot to Europe.
It is NOT time to give socialism a try in the United States of America.
And quite a pretentious word salad at that.
Exactly, immigrate to a country that has that type of government.
People immigrate to the US every day to get rid of that kind of government, so quit trying to make us like them.
If anything, in our more mobile world, we should be pushing this option. If you don’t like it, get up and move. Just like if you don’t like the politics in your state, move to a state that does have your form of government.
Move to Commiefornia.
Soviet Union, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Angola, Greece, East Germany, Cambodia, Baathist Iraq........
Yes, Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, Hitler, Saddam Hussein (Socialist Baath Party), etc, etc. Not to forget over 100 million murdered in the process.
Listen to this spew:
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 capitals stranglehold over politics and culture.
Um... Bitch, the pilgrims who first came here started with socialism and basically nearly wiped themselves out with it. They learned that human nature doesnt work that way, and individual success promotes community success and a functioning way of life. It promotes law obedience and effort. Socialism encourages breaking the law as well as laziness, and discouraging effort and hard work. So they naturally evolved to individualism, which is at the base of capitalism.
Did she mention whether the trains are running on time?
It means they’re attempting to sound smart while being a complete moron. All the socialism they’ve tried here (and everywhere else) has failed so now they wanna go full commie.
We think a lot alike. Wed both be in line a la Airplane to shake some sense into this dumb bitch.
The first two sentences are enough to show you that the author is an idiot.
Every large city in the US has a democrat “socialist” mayor and council. How is that working out for the larger cities?
My point about Bezos and the WaPo. Retry a method that resulted in the death of millions. Again, a scratchy rope is something earned.
The author of this screed.
Just think of the millions of innocent lives lost to these butchers.
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