Apply liberally and Presto!
Democrat Socialism
Posted on 09/13/2019 8:41:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a Democratic presidential candidate, argued that his support for "democratic socialism" is not the same as the form of socialism that the government has imposed in countries such as Venezuela and Cuba.
Sanders made his comments during the presidential debate on Thursday evening. The senator was asked why he hasn't called Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro a dictator and if his socialist policy proposals are different from the socialist policies in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua.
"Anybody who does what Maduro does is a vicious tyrant. What we need now is international and regional cooperation for free elections in Venezuela so that the people of that country can make -- can create their own future. In terms of democratic socialism, to equate what goes on in Venezuela with what I believe is extremely unfair. I'll tell you what I believe in terms of democratic socialism," Sanders said.
"I agree with what goes on in Canada and in Scandinavia, guaranteeing health care to all people as a human right. I believe that the United States should not be the only major country on earth not to provide paid family and medical leave. I believe that every worker in this country deserves a living wage and that we expand the trade union movement," he added.
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The kibbutz is a commune inside a capitalist society. Every member is free to contribute to the commune or leave it. This is not socialism. Under socialism there is no simple #walkaway.
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Democrat Socialism
Worker: code for slave.
Our founders were masters of understanding human nature.
That’s why our Constitution was so brilliantly crafted.
The bastardization of their eloquent and plain language is thoroughly disgusting.
Shall not be infringed means exactly what it sounds like.
Same with natural born citizen.
Anyone born with more than ONE nationality is by definition NOT NATURALLY American.
Once more and again!
I wish to thank the voters of Vermont for enabling this fool for 30+ years!
A segment of these voters gave Bernie is his for job - EVER!
City Mayor (of I think Burlington !). A segment of Vermont voters thought it was sensible and “Oh-so-righteous-and cool” to elect someone who spent the majority of his life prior to that as essentially a loud mouthed vagrant! Way to go Vermont voters!
This is why the Founding Fathers did not want direct election of senators!
It is a little unfair. I mean, after all, in HIS version, the government pays for everything, takes away everyone’s money, and somehow DOESN’T go broke!
You’re preaching to the choir. Your points are well made. I was just quoting Bernie, then I added my own comment about what it would cost the rest of us to pay for all the “free” stuff Bernie plans to hand out.
That’s always how they suck you in.
A little correction there, “I wish to thank the voters of Burlington Vermont for enabling this fool for 30+ years”! The rest of us don’t get a vote and most of the ones from Burlington are transplants.
You have to vote for his socialism to find out what’s in it.
And Mugabe.
You mean sterilization??
Yes. This is why I don’t use my phone to post. Ugh.
What an old fool. He should move to Canada if he thinks it’s so great, it’s not far from Vermont, just walk across the border.
Communist, Socialist, Fascist, European style technocrats ... even old 19th century so-called “progressives” ... all assume the people cannot get by without their betters finagling things for them / lording over them.
This is all so different, and virulently and fundamentally unAmerican, from what this nation was founded to be and what it should be.
HUAC Should have never shut its doors but really put the screws to the whole lot of them.
Right! His version is the pasty white, northeast liberal “socialism version”, not the sullied, dirty, brown person from below the border version...he is racist!!!
Understood. I might have made clear I was commenting on the article.
Thanks for the complement on the points.
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