Posted on 06/08/2012 11:32:23 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
Pew Research finds that sixty percent of Americans respond negatively to “socialism.” It is clear why President Barack Obama must avoid that label. Words are important. Political candidates who control the language of political discourse win elections.
Most of our elites would certainly not entertain the question: “Is Obama a socialist?” Only irresponsible fanatics carelessly throw around such epithets, they say. Polite circles ignore such goofiness.
As someone who has professionally studied and written about comparative economics, capitalism, and socialism for almost fifty years, the reticence to probe the core beliefs of a political leader seems odd. The question is perfectly legitimate in both an academic and political context as long as we define terms and place the discussion in proper context.
By “socialist,” I do not mean a Lenin, Castro, or Mao, but whether Obama falls within the mainstream of contemporary socialism as represented, for example, by Germany’s Social Democrats, French Socialists, or Spain’s socialist-workers party?
By this criterion, yes, Obama is a socialist.
The socialist parties
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no, no actually he is a dictatorial Communist
I don’t know what Forbes is doing letting Paul Roderick Gregory spew his crap without rebut... but, it’s not a good thing for the mag.
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Maybe a few more years study is in order. Or the realization that your peak analytical years have passed. Stupid PC tip toeing! |
“Just because his policies are socialist doesn’t mean he’s a socialist.” - Bill 0’Reilly
Please... “Socialist” is the polite word for “communist”.
The end game is exactly the same. Why bandy words?
No, he is more like a fascist. He controls the private economy by use of cronyism and select benefits to different groups and businesses.
A Marxist is a "Socialist" who uses force or revolution to reach the 5th and final stage in the "economic evolution" called Communism, or what Karl Marx called "dialectal materialism".
So the question is is Barack Hussein Obama a socialist where revolution is not essential to achieve the ideal?
The answer is an obvious yes. But only because Obama and his fellow travelers have not figured out a way to take the US by force to make it into a Communist state like Mao, Stalin, or Castro did to their countries. To recap, it is 'yes' to both questions that he is definitely a Socialist and a wanna be Communist dictator.
Give that man a cigar. Great read. To bad it’s a horror story.
Too, beu.
Strictly speaking, he is a state capitalist, which is to say, a national socialist with Islamic and racial manias..
All we need to do is consider who he associates and obviously wants to emulate: Odinga (Kenya), Zelaya (Honduras), Chavez (Ven.). I'm sure there are others, but these three start showing a pattern of his role models...
What zer0's regime did with Zelaya and Honduras at the beginning of his term was despicable and VERY alarming of where he plans to go...
From Brietbart showing proof of O's membership in the now defunct New Party.
looks like a duck
talks like a duck
acts like a duck
its socialist/communist
Socialist.
Marxist.
Radical.
Muslim.
Traitor.
Foreigner.
Apologist.
Narcissist.
Elitist.
Hypocrite.
Faggot.
Socialist.
Marxist.
Radical.
Muslim.
Traitor.
Foreigner.
Apologist.
Narcissist.
Elitist.
Hypocrite.
Faggot.
Praise the Lord I can still express an honest opinion of the leader of my nation. I think 50 years from now, writing such a post on a bulletin board will lead to jail time and a complete loss of the few remaining rights. In the meantime, I can call a spade a spade, and I am grateful for the ability to do so.
I also praise God I was not born much later when I would not have had free exercise of my rights. I violently grieve for future generations of oppressed Americans. They won’t know the tenth of the freedom I knew, as I don’t know the half of the freedom they had before the Civil War.
Agreed, he is more like Hitler and Mussulini, than a communist. But socialism, communism and fascism are all under the same premises. All left wing positions.
Blessings, Bobo.
Well put!!!!
The question is not: “Is Obama a socialist?”
The question is WHY is Obama a Socialist?
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