Bruce_T_Laney
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To them, it’s a completely leftwing ideology when in reality it’s been part of the framework of the country since the beginning. The founders had socialist ideas after all. They basically were leftists. It’s also stupid to say that communism and socialism are the same thing when in reality communism is simply an example of socialism. Socialism itself is a very broad term that can’t be defined simply.
Also, isn’t Trump the bigger socialist than Obama? His bailout to farmers was twice as big as Obama’s bailout. Are republicans going to pretend that isn’t socialism?
Hey childish one... Just watch 15 minutes here and get back to me on this "Bernie" thing.. Socialism usually cannot be contained. Because with every fuck-up to the economy or society, they TAKE additional power to "fix their boo-boos"... Sander's ENTIRE LIFE was in admiring and sucking up to socialist Authoritarians that BECAME dictators...
Building ROADS is not socialism.. THE GREEN FUCKING NEW DEAL is..
Watch this sprout and learn...
Okay I watched the video. Here are my takeaways:
1) Bernie praised certain aspects of socialist governments. Did he sugarcoat it a little? Yeah. His main point, however, is that he was criticizing Reagan’s own biased view and the wealthy controlling those nations previously
2) Bernie’s American platform speaks for itself. It has nothing to do with overturning capitalism. It is strictly about social democratic principles. I mean you would have to be a moron to think Bernie could even turn the US into the Soviet Union. Clearly he doesn’t want to either way.
3) Bernie NEVER said hey let’s turn our government into the Nordic model. He just said he admires the social programs offered there. It doesn’t matter what the Danish leader says however. The Nordic system is socialist to a degree as is the US.
4) Your video conveniently left out the fact that while taxes are higher in those countries, the median income is still higher AFTER taxes than it is in the US. Bernie also wants to address income disparity. The video also seems to contradict itself in its narrative. On the one hand, it recognizes those countries as being great for business yet also points out the high tax rates. Either way, they have a better quality of life than Americans do.
What you leave out is Nordic Countries are primary Scandinavian People which were raised this way for many generations and know nothing else.
How do you tell Blacks, Hispanics, Asians and Whites you must help each other out and be treated the same when each ethnic group want to be the king of the other groups?
America is fifty individual states that make up our Republic and this is the thing you forget most.
What someone want in California might not be what they want in Texas and in your system it is a one size fit all and it never work that way.
In the end under your system greed, envy and sloth will destroy your Utopia but you will deny this because you have never lived under Socialistic rule that you want...