The Democrats Are Running on Socialism and Plutocracy

American Thinker.com ^ | February 24, 2020 | Veronika Kyrylenko

[Kaslin]

A savvy political observer knows perfectly well how the Democratic Party and all of its "very best" candidates got closer to socialism. Strict gun control, economic regulations, open borders, "free" college education and housing, and Medicare for all (including illegal aliens), to name a few, represent a set of classic socialist ideas that has sadly become commonplace for the Democrats. Sure, there are lone voices raising concerns, one of which belongs to the Democratic strategist James Carville, who made news recently when he said, "We're losing our damn minds!" Then there is MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who rips Bernie Sanders as a potential nominee: "I've seen what socialism is like; I don't like it."

Maybe Matthews and his colleagues in the fake news factory have been so busy trying to smear and remove Donald Trump from office that they haven't noticed that their party has been on a socialist track for decades now — and that socialism, indeed, is not pretty. Wherever it is established, it brings economic decline, poverty, restriction of freedom, and wars.

This trend collides with another one: a strengthening of the plutocratic influence on the Democratic Party. It is believed that the rich formerly protected themselves by aligning with Republicans, who would protect their property from high taxes and their businesses from regulation. Some still do — notably the endeavors of the Koch brothers — but this breed of right-winger is gradually losing out to more progressive-tilted fat cats. Between 1980 and 2019, support for Democrats from the top 0.1 percent has tripled, and donors in the nation's wealthiest ZIP codes overall now give more to Democrats than Republicans.

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Democrats are running on free s!ht.

[JimRed]

Reality is biting Ol’ Snakehead (Carville, for you youngsters among us) on the @$$.

[blackdog]

It's the state sponsored student loan default voter base. Twenty years of free money eventually comes due.

Idiots who fall for that are in for a rude awakening.

Youngest rubes on record.

[bigbob]

Here’s the most important election in their lifetime, they say...four more years of “Hitler” or a chance to “take our democracy back”, they say...

So who do they nominate for this great opportunity, this challenge of a lifetime?

A 78 year-old guy who recently had a heart attack, who claims to be a socialist but is personally a multimillionaire with three houses, and who honeymooned in Moscow...a man who isn’t even a Democrat but who hijacks their party when it serves his purposes.

Or a billionaire former Republican who nobody really likes, who runs from his own record, who can’t even defend his own ideas, but who doesn’t care because he can buy the election and do whatever he wants to.

Just brilliant, Democrats. And we thought you couldn’t get any dumber after letting a 29 year old bartender become your chief spokesperson and thought-leader...

[yoe]

Seems to me that Socialism which promises to give is actually doing just the opposite...Socialism takes leaving all equally poor, poorer medical, restricted education, even taking property. Sanders will be tarred and feathered for pushing communism IF his lazy followers want their liberty/self-government; equal opportunity with hard work.

[Grampa Dave]

The high $ focus groups that Carville and Matthews have gotten recent data from, apparently has scared the hell out of them.

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James Carville, who made news recently when he said, “We’re losing our damn minds!”

Then there is MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, who rips Bernie Sanders as a potential nominee: “I’ve seen what socialism is like; I don’t like it.”

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Maybe Matthews and his colleagues in the fake news factory have been so busy trying to smear and remove Donald Trump from office that they haven’t noticed that their party has been on a socialist track for decades now — and that socialism, indeed, is not pretty. Wherever it is established, it brings economic decline, poverty, restriction of freedom, and wars.