Socialist governments are a trap. Once it seeps in there’s no getting rid of it before they get rid of you.
[T]he first step in the revolution by the working class is to raise the proletariat to the level of ruling class to win the battle of democracy.Socialism is indeed democratic and that is its biggest problem. The USA is a republic.
Communist Manifesto, chapter 2
What will be the course of this revolution? Above all, it will establish a democratic constitution, and through this, the direct or indirect dominance of the proletariat. [ ] Democracy would be wholly valueless to the proletariat if it were not immediately used as a means for putting through measures directed against private property and ensuring the livelihood of the proletariat.
The Principles of Communism
[I]t is very clear that in fundamental theory, socialism and democracy are almost, if not quite, one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members. Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals.
Woodrow Wilson, Socialism and Democracy
“The aspects of daily American life that people like and take for granted — plentiful food available at well-stocked supermarkets... — are all made possible by the capitalist/profit-oriented structure of our economic system. If the private business profit incentive is removed, as is the case in a socialist economy, the underlying competitive impetus for providing those goods and services disappears.”
Back in the days of the old Soviet Union, someone made a comment that “if Marilyn Monroe walked the streets of Moscow completely nude save a new pair of shoes, the Muscovites would look at her feet.”
That is quite an oxymoron isn’t it?
That explains it for me.
They should have waited until the majority of the boomers were dead.
I don’t know a Boomer or an Xer that doesn’t recoil at the S word.
20 years too soon, you big socialist dummies.
Funny how they never get around to defining who would qualify as the "rich" nor what a "fair share" tax would be! How much do you want to bet that every single one of them would balk if they happened to one day win the Powerball lottery and they suddenly became a member of the upper class? A great many of these socialist Democrats already ARE millionaires. So what is stopping them from giving away most of their wealth now if they really were so convinced it would solve all our problems?
It doesn’t matter in the slippery slightest where there is such a thing as Democratic Socialism or not. Call it Democratic socialism, and do so hundreds if not thousands of times between now and the election and simply just keep saying it. Don’t overthink it. Just repeat it. Over and over.
Tell that to the Mensheviks
Implicit in the discussion of their prized new order is that everything about the American economy, way of life and culture that is to their liking would remain securely in place,
Great article and I’m sure the writer spent a lot of time on it. But, that sentence right there sums it up about as perfect as it could be summed up.
They want all their fantasies to come true, while still maintaining the lifestyles they live. They want free housing, medical, etc, move them all into Section 8 and put them on Medicaid. Have them identify themselves as wanting ‘socialism’ and start taxing their income at 70-80%. They won’t be able to feed themselves, let alone visit their favorite, neighborhood craft beer spot, buy their Vespa’s or sip the newest bourbon made in some hipsters basement down the street. No more mocha chai decaf fair trade honduran lattes w/ a caramel drizzle on top.
Democracy is Two wolves and a sheep deciding what to eat...
Democratic Socialism is Two wolves forcing the sheep to baste itself in order to solve the collective hunger problem of the people.
A “democratic socialist” is a rebranded communist. Back in the day, we called ‘em commies, or pinkos. That is how I refer to them still. I once swore an oath to defend my nation, to the death from these animals. That oath still applies.
To get at the real money they need to confiscate trust funds ...
Death cures a lot of diseases too.
Socialists are pretty stupid people...
>> Proponents of democratic socialism never actually explain where the money needed to pay for all the largess will actually come from <<
Some children think money grows on trees. Marxists know that democratic socialism exchanges largess for Liberty.
European
American leftists take everything they propose from europe where they have social democrats
... what is this democratic socialism?...
It is a match challenged ideology.