Great moments in American socialism history.

[Timmy]

Dont believe the Gop plan to label everything “socialism “ as a bad thing . Throughout US history we have had socialist type programs and projects that have greatly benefited the USA.

For example

HOOVER DAM. Basically the project opened up the entire southwest US to a viable place for .people and business .


Hoover Dam > ENGINEERING.com

Irrigation of more than one million acres of land in the United States and nearly half a million acres in Mexico.

These croplands, some of America's richest, grow a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, cotton, wheat, and hay throughout the year, generating millions of dollars for local economies.

Meeting the domestic water needs of more than 18 million people in homes and businesses in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson, and other southwestern cities, towns and Indian communities in Arizona, Nevada, and California.

 

[Thinker101]

Dont believe the Gop plan to label everything “socialism “ as a bad thing . Throughout US history we have had socialist type programs and projects that have greatly benefited the USA.

For example

HOOVER DAM. Basically the project opened up the entire southwest US to a viable place for .people and business .


Hoover Dam > ENGINEERING.com

Irrigation of more than one million acres of land in the United States and nearly half a million acres in Mexico.

These croplands, some of America's richest, grow a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, cotton, wheat, and hay throughout the year, generating millions of dollars for local economies.

Meeting the domestic water needs of more than 18 million people in homes and businesses in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson, and other southwestern cities, towns and Indian communities in Arizona, Nevada, and California.

Hmmm...Hoover Dam was a socialist program?

 

[Timmy]

Dont believe the Gop plan to label everything “socialism “ as a bad thing . Throughout US history we have had socialist type programs and projects that have greatly benefited the USA.

For example

HOOVER DAM. Basically the project opened up the entire southwest US to a viable place for .people and business .


Hoover Dam > ENGINEERING.com

Irrigation of more than one million acres of land in the United States and nearly half a million acres in Mexico.

These croplands, some of America's richest, grow a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, cotton, wheat, and hay throughout the year, generating millions of dollars for local economies.

Meeting the domestic water needs of more than 18 million people in homes and businesses in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson, and other southwestern cities, towns and Indian communities in Arizona, Nevada, and California.

Hmmm...Hoover Dam was a socialist program?

Yes . What else would you call it? It was a big government sponsored , tax payer paid for , project designed to benefit business improve the life of those residing in that part of the county .

And it worked wonderfully.

 

[Thinker101]

Dont believe the Gop plan to label everything “socialism “ as a bad thing . Throughout US history we have had socialist type programs and projects that have greatly benefited the USA.

For example

HOOVER DAM. Basically the project opened up the entire southwest US to a viable place for .people and business .


Hoover Dam > ENGINEERING.com

Irrigation of more than one million acres of land in the United States and nearly half a million acres in Mexico.

These croplands, some of America's richest, grow a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, cotton, wheat, and hay throughout the year, generating millions of dollars for local economies.

Meeting the domestic water needs of more than 18 million people in homes and businesses in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson, and other southwestern cities, towns and Indian communities in Arizona, Nevada, and California.

Hmmm...Hoover Dam was a socialist program?

Yes . What else would you call it? It was a big government sponsored , tax payer paid for , project designed to benefit business improve the life of those residing in that part of the county .

And it worked wonderfully.

Oh I don't know, how about to irrigate and provide hydroelectric power to California and Arizona. And to control seasonal flooding of the Colorado River. You seem to have quite a loose definition of Socialism.

 

[Crixus]

Dont believe the Gop plan to label everything “socialism “ as a bad thing . Throughout US history we have had socialist type programs and projects that have greatly benefited the USA.

For example

HOOVER DAM. Basically the project opened up the entire southwest US to a viable place for .people and business .


Hoover Dam > ENGINEERING.com

Irrigation of more than one million acres of land in the United States and nearly half a million acres in Mexico.

These croplands, some of America's richest, grow a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, cotton, wheat, and hay throughout the year, generating millions of dollars for local economies.

Meeting the domestic water needs of more than 18 million people in homes and businesses in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson, and other southwestern cities, towns and Indian communities in Arizona, Nevada, and California.

They do all that for free or did someone get payed? A better excample would be when TVA pretty much refitted a whole state to use electricity, but even in that case folks got payed. You should research the talking points you parrot before you use them.

 

[whitehall]

The ironic thing is that you could never build the Hoover Dam today with the (socialist) environmental regulations. The thing that the radical left doesn't seem to understand is that Americans tolerate some issues that can be seen as socialist but they will never turn over the U.S. Constitution to a gang of socialists. The democrat party's lurch toward socialism was stopped in mid lurch when the President forced the radical democrat leadership, during the State/Union address, to acknowledge that the U.S. would never become a socialist Country

 

[Crixus]

The ironic thing is that you could never build the Hoover Dam today with the (socialist) environmental regulations. The thing that the radical left doesn't seem to understand is that Americans tolerate some issues that can be seen as socialist but they will never turn over the U.S. Constitution to a gang of socialists. The democrat party's lurch toward socialism was stopped in mid lurch when the President forced the radical democrat leadership, during the State/Union address, to acknowledge that the U.S. would never become a socialist Country

Same with TVA. All those poor folks relocated, eminent domain all that.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/great-depression/history-of-the-tva

 

[Timmy]

Dont believe the Gop plan to label everything “socialism “ as a bad thing . Throughout US history we have had socialist type programs and projects that have greatly benefited the USA.

For example

HOOVER DAM. Basically the project opened up the entire southwest US to a viable place for .people and business .


Hoover Dam > ENGINEERING.com

Irrigation of more than one million acres of land in the United States and nearly half a million acres in Mexico.

These croplands, some of America's richest, grow a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, cotton, wheat, and hay throughout the year, generating millions of dollars for local economies.

Meeting the domestic water needs of more than 18 million people in homes and businesses in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson, and other southwestern cities, towns and Indian communities in Arizona, Nevada, and California.

Hmmm...Hoover Dam was a socialist program?

Yes . What else would you call it? It was a big government sponsored , tax payer paid for , project designed to benefit business improve the life of those residing in that part of the county .

And it worked wonderfully.

Oh I don't know, how about to irrigate and provide hydroelectric power to California and Arizona. And to control seasonal flooding of the Colorado River. You seem to have quite a loose definition of Socialism.

Yes it is a loose definition. Because that’s what the conservatives are using .

 

[Timmy]

The ironic thing is that you could never build the Hoover Dam today with the (socialist) environmental regulations. The thing that the radical left doesn't seem to understand is that Americans tolerate some issues that can be seen as socialist but they will never turn over the U.S. Constitution to a gang of socialists. The democrat party's lurch toward socialism was stopped in mid lurch when the President forced the radical democrat leadership, during the State/Union address, to acknowledge that the U.S. would never become a socialist Country

Except we are “socialist” and have been for a long time .

 

[Timmy]

Dont believe the Gop plan to label everything “socialism “ as a bad thing . Throughout US history we have had socialist type programs and projects that have greatly benefited the USA.

For example

HOOVER DAM. Basically the project opened up the entire southwest US to a viable place for .people and business .


Hoover Dam > ENGINEERING.com

Irrigation of more than one million acres of land in the United States and nearly half a million acres in Mexico.

These croplands, some of America's richest, grow a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, cotton, wheat, and hay throughout the year, generating millions of dollars for local economies.

Meeting the domestic water needs of more than 18 million people in homes and businesses in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson, and other southwestern cities, towns and Indian communities in Arizona, Nevada, and California.

They do all that for free or did someone get payed? A better excample would be when TVA pretty much refitted a whole state to use electricity, but even in that case folks got payed. You should research the talking points you parrot before you use them.

You want somthing more current ?

the main obstacle to broadband expansion into rural areas is cost, said Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Doyle, the top Democrat on the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee.

“It would require tens of billions of dollars to bring broadband to unserved and underserved parts of the country,” he said. “The private sector hasn’t done it because they know they wouldn’t make a profit on it.”


Congress prepares to knock down barriers to broadband expansion in rural America

 

[baileyn45]

An argument over socialism should begin with a definition of the word.

any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

 

[Papageorgio]

Dont believe the Gop plan to label everything “socialism “ as a bad thing . Throughout US history we have had socialist type programs and projects that have greatly benefited the USA.

For example

HOOVER DAM. Basically the project opened up the entire southwest US to a viable place for .people and business .


Hoover Dam > ENGINEERING.com

Irrigation of more than one million acres of land in the United States and nearly half a million acres in Mexico.

These croplands, some of America's richest, grow a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, cotton, wheat, and hay throughout the year, generating millions of dollars for local economies.

Meeting the domestic water needs of more than 18 million people in homes and businesses in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson, and other southwestern cities, towns and Indian communities in Arizona, Nevada, and California.

Hoover Dam was not a socialist project, good grief!

 

[Weatherman2020]

Dont believe the Gop plan to label everything “socialism “ as a bad thing . Throughout US history we have had socialist type programs and projects that have greatly benefited the USA.

For example

HOOVER DAM. Basically the project opened up the entire southwest US to a viable place for .people and business .


Hoover Dam > ENGINEERING.com

Irrigation of more than one million acres of land in the United States and nearly half a million acres in Mexico.

These croplands, some of America's richest, grow a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, cotton, wheat, and hay throughout the year, generating millions of dollars for local economies.

Meeting the domestic water needs of more than 18 million people in homes and businesses in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson, and other southwestern cities, towns and Indian communities in Arizona, Nevada, and California.

Government building a road or damn is not socialism, shitforbrains.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Notice ‘Mr Libertarian’ Golfing Gator is not giving us the “that’s not socialism” rant he gives when talking about Venezuela?

 

[Timmy]

An argument over socialism should begin with a definition of the word.

any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

Yes that’s true . But since when does the president or conservatives use it in that way ? Have you noticed it’s a big buzzword forbthem lately .

 

[Timmy]

Dont believe the Gop plan to label everything “socialism “ as a bad thing . Throughout US history we have had socialist type programs and projects that have greatly benefited the USA.

For example

HOOVER DAM. Basically the project opened up the entire southwest US to a viable place for .people and business .


Hoover Dam > ENGINEERING.com

Irrigation of more than one million acres of land in the United States and nearly half a million acres in Mexico.

These croplands, some of America's richest, grow a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, cotton, wheat, and hay throughout the year, generating millions of dollars for local economies.

Meeting the domestic water needs of more than 18 million people in homes and businesses in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson, and other southwestern cities, towns and Indian communities in Arizona, Nevada, and California.

Government building a road or damn is not socialism, shitforbrains.

What is a socialism project ?

 

[baileyn45]

An argument over socialism should begin with a definition of the word.

any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

Yes that’s true . But since when does the president or conservatives use it in that way ? Have you noticed it’s a big buzzword forbthem lately .

I find that pretty much everyone misuses the word. Most conservatives that I know are responding to calls for socialism from the left. Many are pointing out that things like social security do not fit the definition.

 

[Timmy]

An argument over socialism should begin with a definition of the word.

any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

Yes that’s true . But since when does the president or conservatives use it in that way ? Have you noticed it’s a big buzzword forbthem lately .

I find that pretty much everyone misuses the word. Most conservatives that I know are responding to calls for socialism from the left. Many are pointing out that things like social security do not fit the definition.

Word .

Which is why I keep calling the cons out . None of them can define or give examples of socialism in America . It’s all a scare tactic .

 

[baileyn45]

An argument over socialism should begin with a definition of the word.

any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

Yes that’s true . But since when does the president or conservatives use it in that way ? Have you noticed it’s a big buzzword forbthem lately .

I find that pretty much everyone misuses the word. Most conservatives that I know are responding to calls for socialism from the left. Many are pointing out that things like social security do not fit the definition.

Word .

Which is why I keep calling the cons out . None of them can define or give examples of socialism in America . It’s all a scare tactic .

Conservatives are not the ones calling for socialism. We see this in particular in academia. Most recent polling I've seen says that among college age folks more than half have a positive view of socialism. Sadly they've been taught an erroneous definition of socialism. Many on the right are trying to explain to these kids that they are being sold nonsense.

 

[dblack]

ACA!!!