Communism, before the guns come out...
Posted on 07/18/2018 3:48:42 AM PDT by Libloather
The new rising star of the Democratic Party is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The 28-year-old former bartender doesn't know much about politics -- this week, she bungled her way through an interview answer by referring to Israeli "occupation" of Palestine and citing her lack of expertise on the issue despite her international relations degree. But she's young; she's energetic; and she speaks in glowing terms about rights to housing, food, college and health care. She's a charter member of the Democratic Socialists of America, a group, we're informed by The New York Times' Michelle Goldberg, that is on the rise. "Its growth has exploded since the 2016 election," Goldberg reports, "from 7,000 members to more than 37,000."
What exactly is democratic socialism, and what distinguishes it from socialism plain and simple? Ocasio-Cortez doesn't know. When asked about it by Meghan McCain on "The View," she stated that there is a "huge difference" between the two notions but then concluded, "I believe that in a moral and wealthy America, in a moral and modern America, no person should be too poor to live in this country." Which doesn't explain the difference at all.
The difference is truly between socialism and social democracy. Socialism suggests state ownership and control of all major resources -- and generally ends with the complete collapse and destruction of the productive population. Social democracy suggests redistribution of capitalistic gains -- more like Denmark or Norway or Sweden. It's unclear where Ocasio-Cortez lies on this spectrum considering that the DSA openly acknowledges its desire to abolish capitalism.
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Communism, before the guns come out...
That one is easy.
It's what contemporary American communists call themselves.
The goal of socialism is communism.
Vladimir Lenin
"Unemployment is DOWN because so many people are holding down two jobs."
"Unemployment is low because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week, and can barely feed their kids."
Just wow. First, if Unemployment is down because people are holding down more than one job, the economy must REALLY be cooking because one person is now occupying TWO jobs! WOW!
Secondly...people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week and can barely feed their kids?
The kids? First, dispense with the hours worked relating to unemployment, and even if someone WAS working that many hours, I'll bet everyone in that family has a top of the line smart phone, unlimited data plan, individual computers for people, flat screen televisions, cable television, and large flat panel displays...even the poor, undernourished kids.
Democratic Socialism means no toilet paper on the roller.
What Is Democratic Socialism?
A polite term for communism.
This.
A keeper. Too bad we can’t post this in every classroom.
Sugar-coated communism.
COMMUNISM, whose principles have been immersed into almost all learning institutions.
COMMUNISM, whose principles have been immersed into almost all learning institutions.
It's Hitler and Stalin wannabes lying to get elected. Once elected, they reveal themselves to be dictators, removing all aspects of freedom and liberty.
The goal of socialism is communism.
Vladimir Lenin
Yep, and the goal,of democratic socialism is full socialism, state controlled everything. Just another step to slow the boil to communism.
ML/NJ
Just another term used to denote the sort of air headed a-holes who want to give us a return to the USSR, Mao’s China, Pol Pot’s Cambodia, and leave us all in the sort of mud we see in Cuba and Venezuela.
Their response to any objection: “But communism hasn’t been done right; we’ll get it right this time....”
Fantasy.
What? The question should be where
Europe
The progressives are intellectually deficient and place their entire philosophy on copying Europe.
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