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Robert Reich schools ousted GOP lawmaker after she freaks out over 'socialist Democrats' (Original Post) turbinetree Feb 2019 OP
I just love this..so funny yuiyoshida Feb 2019 #1
That is funny........................ turbinetree Feb 2019 #2
Why post this vid.Hearing an idiot demean a term just to attack Democrats onit2day Feb 2019 #10
apparently it was funny enough for Stephen Colbert yuiyoshida Feb 2019 #12
This is not a socialist or capitalist society. It is fascist. 3Hotdogs Feb 2019 #13
He never corrected her, what she was defining as "socialism" AJT Feb 2019 #3
+1 Power 2 the People Feb 2019 #8
And if you are not an "owner" of things tomhagen Feb 2019 #4
This woman is a fool, or is it a tool? jalan48 Feb 2019 #5
She's an unusual representation. 2naSalit Feb 2019 #6
Makes sense. Why CNN even had her on is telling also. jalan48 Feb 2019 #7
I guess it was to try and help 2naSalit Feb 2019 #9
She was such an idiot and so wrong and uninformed. Where to start onit2day Feb 2019 #11
 

onit2day

(1,201 posts)
10. Why post this vid.Hearing an idiot demean a term just to attack Democrats
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 10:27 PM
Feb 2019

This nation is a democratic socialist republic already. Republic means a representative government, democratic in that we elect our reps, socialist in that the people decide to promote the common welfare by ensuring thatthose things we all agree are necessary for all of us are provided by this democratic republic of ours like roads, police, fire departments, libraries, healthcare, education, SS, Medicare. etc. Trump's definition of socialism is not even close to reality. His approach is to privatize and profiteer from all our shared needs. The applause is from repub corporatists and should make any moral person vomit. I hope Bernie and others use the term Democratic so0cialists and make those screaming negatives about it tell which social programs they are against...which they want to get rid of 'cause these repubs will choke on it. Do they want to get rid of the police, the VA, SS, Medicare, ...just go down the list then doubters will see what socialism means. We pay 20% more for HC ins now and only 3% for Medicare, savings galore. Tax on Wall street trades- pays for education, increase the cap on FICA deductions, SS & Medicare paid for; Repeal the Reagan tax cuts and watch income inequality vanish. screw these smaLL MINDED GREEDY REPUBLICANS.

3Hotdogs

(13,437 posts)
13. This is not a socialist or capitalist society. It is fascist.
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 11:38 PM
Feb 2019

Google the definition of economic fascism. We are it.

Yes, there are aspects of socialism and even capitalism. But the big decisions are fascist in philosophy.

AJT

(5,240 posts)
3. He never corrected her, what she was defining as "socialism"
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 11:34 AM
Feb 2019

was communism. The state doesn't own industry under socialism, that's communism.

2naSalit

(92,952 posts)
6. She's an unusual representation.
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 12:34 PM
Feb 2019

She's from Utah, lost her House seat and was chastised for not giving enough "love" to dear leader so she lost, according to him. She's a Repug, and probably a mormon to boot. So if you go with those narrow parameters, you can figure out a lot.

She's a foolish tool.

2naSalit

(92,952 posts)
9. I guess it was to try and help
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 12:48 PM
Feb 2019

the anchor look like she had a clue, which she obviously didn't. I couldn't watch the whole thing, I watched a few minutes but the two women were sadly playing up stereotypes of the "clueless woman". Reich is right on but the women were pathetic and I was offended by that.

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