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The Rebranding of Socialism as 'Democratic Socialism'
AmericanThinker.com ^ | February 25, 2020 | Dave Ball

Posted on 02/25/2020 6:52:43 AM PST by Kaslin

While it may be true that “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” (Shakespeare) it is also true that socialism by any other name still smells like socialism.

As we approach this year’s elections, the purveyors of socialism have tried to rebrand their product by calling it “democratic socialism.” The sales force and marketing department of democratic socialism, the Democratic Party, and the mainstream media, are plying a new fairy tale that democratic socialism is nothing like socialism. No siree, nothing like it, they sing in chorus. The chorus, however, is badly out of tune. Democratic socialism is not the wonderland of inclusiveness, social justice, equality, and happiness it is advertised to be. It will not end human exploitation and it will not save the planet. It is still socialism, just with a new name. Socialism has never worked for any nation and it will not work in this country, even with a new name

Rather than just toss names around, let’s look at the policies proposed by the current advocates of democratic socialism and see what system they fit.

Because all of the current Democratic candidates for president have generally the same schemes in mind as the current leader of the pack, Bernie Sanders, let’s just call the programs the Sanders Plan.

Sen. Sanders proposes, for example, to completely wipe out the natural gas, coal and oil industries. In their place, he would create a government owned electric company to produce wind, solar and geothermal energy. Overlooking for the moment that the proposal is technically absurd, creating a government monopoly producer is the very definition of socialism.

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1 posted on 02/25/2020 6:52:43 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

There’s NOTHING democratic about it.


2 posted on 02/25/2020 6:55:00 AM PST by CMailBag
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To: Kaslin

The Democrat Socialist Workers party


3 posted on 02/25/2020 6:55:02 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: eyeamok
In further clarification, the OED includes this entry:

"Nazi" is a shortened form of Nationalsozialist (the National Socialist German Worker Party)

4 posted on 02/25/2020 6:59:58 AM PST by glennaro
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To: Kaslin

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

How about this

You can call a turd “plant food” but they both still smell like sh!t


5 posted on 02/25/2020 7:00:17 AM PST by BobinIL
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To: Kaslin
It's all about the same old human theme: power grab.
Nothing new here.
6 posted on 02/25/2020 7:00:19 AM PST by cloudmountain
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To: eyeamok

The Democrat Socialist Workers party

Very good kind of like the

National socialist workers party!! someone should do a man on the street interview and see if any of the Bern heads can get a clue.


7 posted on 02/25/2020 7:02:29 AM PST by BobinIL
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To: eyeamok

Hey, wasn’t Hitler elected his first term? Does that mean he was Democratic Naziism?


8 posted on 02/25/2020 7:02:34 AM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: Kaslin

Brilliantly self-defeating. No one associates Republicans and socialism.

Venezuela.


9 posted on 02/25/2020 7:02:51 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Kaslin

Socialism: The government decides to break in through your front door and take your stuff.

Democratic Socialism: In a free and fair election, 50.001% of the voting public decides that the government should break in through your front door and take your stuff.


10 posted on 02/25/2020 7:05:25 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Kaslin

Trump drew 100,000 in India, in the Lone Star state of Texas in 4 rallies 28,000 = 7,000 per rally https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/24/bernie-sanders-campaign-claims-28000-attendees-4-texas-rallies/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=daily&utm_campaign=20200224&utm_content=B&fbclid=IwAR0oQFS2u32VqeCHN3w3h4GTd-hguHuZ1XnLA2JoJx7lRJoeTbfzBz-ssrU


11 posted on 02/25/2020 7:05:48 AM PST by GailA (Intractable Pain, a Subset of Chronic pain Last a Life TIME at Level 10.)
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FASCISM - The government orders you to give the fruits of your labor to others. If you refuse the government arrests you.

COMMUNISM- The government takes the fruits of your labor and gives it to others. If you refuse the government arrests you.

SOCIALISM- The government politely takes the fruits of your labor and gives it to others. If you refuse the government arrests you.

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM - The government, at the request of 51% of voters, politely takes the fruits of your labor and gives it to others. If you refuse the government arrests you.


12 posted on 02/25/2020 7:06:20 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (If you don't recognize that as sarcasm you are dumber than a bag of hammers.)
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To: Kaslin

Robert Mugabe was elected democratically, yes?

And Hugo Chavez as well?

Disasters. Both of them.


13 posted on 02/25/2020 7:07:08 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Kaslin

Why dont we just call the democrats “Oxi Morons”?


14 posted on 02/25/2020 7:12:00 AM PST by Safrguns
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To: Kaslin

Stalin, Mao, Pol Pott, Chavez and Castro didn’t do it right but a bunch of unhinged Democrats will get it just right.


15 posted on 02/25/2020 7:16:23 AM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
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To: Kaslin
Oh come on. We ALL know that 'socialism', 'democratic socialism' is communism.
16 posted on 02/25/2020 7:16:50 AM PST by A strike ( Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: CMailBag

“There’s NOTHING democratic about it.”

Exactly.


17 posted on 02/25/2020 7:18:58 AM PST by romanesq (8Chan and its child porn are kaput & all the crap with it. Trump-Pence 2020!)
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To: Kaslin

This is all based on the mirage of Scandinavian “socialism”. For a few decades, in a few small countries that had/have homogeneous, highly literate populations which might have evolved into cultures with a high degree of social cooperation to keep from freezing to death, managed to have a relatively free economic system with a large social welfare system and high taxes. This is what they mean by “Democratic Socialism”.

Reality check: the United States is not Norway or Iceland. We are closer to Venezuela in terms of population. The U.S. is on a scale that dwarfs all of them. The Left always says “We mean Denmark, not Cuba!” Some of them probably even believe that.


18 posted on 02/25/2020 7:20:39 AM PST by cdcdawg (Cornpop was a pony soldier!)
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LOL! Yeah, I see some acquaintances on Mrs rktman’s FB page attempting to ‘splain the difference to us dumbasses. FAIL! TNSTAAFL.


19 posted on 02/25/2020 7:24:47 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Kaslin

Sprinkles on a turd.


20 posted on 02/25/2020 7:30:39 AM PST by ebshumidors
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