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Something that our tea bagger friends should be made aware of… (Original Post) MrScorpio May 2013 OP
Best pic I've seen all day Cirque du So-What May 2013 #1
Right-wingers and their mouthpieces (i.e., FOX) use "socialism" and "communism" interchangeably KansDem May 2013 #6
Communism is no worse than 'capitalism.' blackspade May 2013 #20
K&R...n/t ms liberty May 2013 #2
Yes, and it's a matter of lovemydog May 2013 #3
K & R !!! WillyT May 2013 #4
Perfect ! abq e streeter May 2013 #5
You do not get rich by working hard GeoWilliam750 May 2013 #7
You get rich... Aviation Pro May 2013 #9
Not even that. Ikonoklast May 2013 #17
And if they didn't inherit their wealth . . . HughBeaumont May 2013 #29
fuckinA! progressoid May 2013 #8
But....but... SummerSnow May 2013 #10
Oh, snap! Brigid May 2013 #11
Wish they used a modern picture of suffering workers. Would have more kick. Sirveri May 2013 #12
Here. OnyxCollie May 2013 #15
That is so sad. pangaia May 2013 #16
Haunting. That picture says more about Wall St investments than any words could. nt raouldukelives May 2013 #22
Poignant indeed. xtraxritical May 2013 #13
Brilliant! Cha May 2013 #14
Kapow! blackspade May 2013 #18
K&R. Well said. Overseas May 2013 #19
Kicked, rec'd and shared. nt Courtesy Flush May 2013 #21
The top half should be the beach shot of Romney rustydog May 2013 #23
I was just thinking yesterday that the Left has to come up with snappy memes snagglepuss May 2013 #24
I've already spread this far and wide. HughBeaumont May 2013 #25
The TBs don't know history at all. nt caledesi May 2013 #26
Needs more kicks! NYC_SKP May 2013 #27
There's a page on Facebook called "Shit Statists Say" . . . HughBeaumont May 2013 #28

Cirque du So-What

(25,812 posts)
1. Best pic I've seen all day
Sun May 12, 2013, 02:03 PM
May 2013

but I regret to say that it's wasted on the scumbags of the tea variety, many of whom are beneficiaries of socialism in the form of SS or SSA - oblivious to the meaning of the word. Capitalism, on the other hand, is given free rein as long as the 'job creators' are reaping the benefits of labor - safety and health of the workers be damned.

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
6. Right-wingers and their mouthpieces (i.e., FOX) use "socialism" and "communism" interchangeably
Sun May 12, 2013, 04:30 PM
May 2013

The result is when tea baggers hear "socialism" they think "communism" and we all know how terrible communism is.

So they don't want to believe that they are the beneficiaries of "socialism."

Capitalism, on the other hand, is more synonymous with "fascism."

blackspade

(10,056 posts)
20. Communism is no worse than 'capitalism.'
Mon May 13, 2013, 09:45 AM
May 2013

They are the flip side of the same coin.
'Capitalism,' socialism, and communism are all capitalist systems.
You can think about them as: Private Capitalism, Regulated Capitalism, and State Capitalism respectively.

But your point about FOX is spot on.

GeoWilliam750

(2,519 posts)
7. You do not get rich by working hard
Sun May 12, 2013, 04:47 PM
May 2013

You get rich by making other people work hard for you.

Also, wasn't it Lincoln who said "Labor is the superior of capital"?

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
17. Not even that.
Mon May 13, 2013, 09:33 AM
May 2013

The vast majority of wealthy in this country made their money the old-fashioned way.


THEY INHERITED IT.


Most wealthy people never had to work a day in their liives, they live off of money that they never earned.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
29. And if they didn't inherit their wealth . . .
Tue May 14, 2013, 09:24 AM
May 2013
. . . they used the bulk of the largesse to attain it.

The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the State because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of Government. We need to distribute the burden of supporting the Government more equitably than at present. - Teddy Roosevelt.

Sirveri

(4,517 posts)
12. Wish they used a modern picture of suffering workers. Would have more kick.
Sun May 12, 2013, 11:44 PM
May 2013

I wonder if anyone has taken a picture like that...

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)
24. I was just thinking yesterday that the Left has to come up with snappy memes
Mon May 13, 2013, 01:33 PM
May 2013

to re-frame socialism as it has become extremely clear to me that most people haven't a clue what socialism actually means. What you posted is brilliant.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
25. I've already spread this far and wide.
Mon May 13, 2013, 02:09 PM
May 2013

Reading a book called The Rich Don't Always Win. Only 50 pages into it, yet it's already a rich history on how there rarely was ever a level playing field in America . . . and that's only because the wealthy were forced into one.

Then came Ronald Dickhead Reagan. The end. Now it's Plutocracy: Bigger, Badder and Uncut.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
28. There's a page on Facebook called "Shit Statists Say" . . .
Tue May 14, 2013, 06:44 AM
May 2013

Last edited Tue May 14, 2013, 09:26 AM - Edit history (1)

. . . that's currently insulting this photo AND my comments. Classic. Anyone who still uses words like "statists" needs to get out of the 1960s. "Statist" is what a boy still living in 1962 says. Their entire construct is already based on an insult, so engaging with them would be pointless. Besides, the Cold War was a PHANTOM, a false trail created by our intelligence that many paranoid Americans hopped on lovingly.

Instead of trying to debate, all they can do is name-call . . . the last refuge of the defeated. A lot of them look like they're younger, which tells me that Luntz/Fox's hypnotic Horatio Alger messaging knows NO age limit.

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