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brooklynite

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1. You'll never convince them...

Reply to kennetha (Original post)

Tue Feb 26, 2019, 05:03 PM

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Socialism is not the same as a MIXED Economy [View all] kennetha Feb 2019 OP

You'll never convince them... brooklynite Feb 2019 #1

Nice insult to Some fellow Democrats Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #2

I'm afraid I don't see the "insult." kennetha Feb 2019 #4

Then we see it Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #5

you could try explaining yourself kennetha Feb 2019 #7

From the OP Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #8

That's just a plain fact. kennetha Feb 2019 #9

It is fact only in Your Opinion Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #12

I doubt any Sanders supporter would help Trump win in 2020 because a DU'er said something "mean" emulatorloo Feb 2019 #16

how, exactly, is pointing out that a mixed economy is not ipso facto "socialism" divisive? kennetha Feb 2019 #18

I understand your confusion. shanny Feb 2019 #28

I'm told BS is "authentic." He tells me he's a "Democratic Socialist." CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #45

When there is market failure then government delivers the service/product better. applegrove Feb 2019 #3

Mixed economies need to exist in part because kennetha Feb 2019 #6

Mixed market economies are everywhere in the world except for North Korea. applegrove Feb 2019 #10

Even the Chinese have gotten wise on that score. kennetha Feb 2019 #19

assuming the balance is right. shanny Feb 2019 #30

Not at all kennetha Feb 2019 #34

Values of the country are about equity and/or efficiency. Government applegrove Feb 2019 #11

Governments are not innovative and risk taking sfwriter Feb 2019 #31

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2019 #13

nah. do a little research kennetha Feb 2019 #14

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2019 #15

you mean like this: kennetha Feb 2019 #17

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2019 #20

huh? kennetha Feb 2019 #21

Exactly sfwriter Feb 2019 #33

Words matter indeed, especially in English. Democratic Socialism does not equal Social Democracy. haele Feb 2019 #22

K&R kennetha Feb 2019 #23

Excellent post. And true. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #24

K&R kennetha Feb 2019 #25

A Democratic Socialist was the original chair of the Progressive Caucas JonLP24 Feb 2019 #27

Read up on the progressive movement. It has an ugly history. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #32

I'm talking about the term progressive from 1991 to now JonLP24 Feb 2019 #36

Excellent post. But the title of progressive is very dicey in the south. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #39

I'm a Sanders supporter and back Keynesian economics JonLP24 Feb 2019 #26

I am not posting to insult you or get into a fight. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #35

Socialists will probably tell you most Democratic Socialists are liberals JonLP24 Feb 2019 #37

And I hope your benefits are expanded under our next president. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #40

The VA isn't socialism. CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #46

Everything is in Democratic Socialist countries JonLP24 Feb 2019 #47

Actually, words do not have fixed meanings in all cases. Caliman73 Feb 2019 #38

Interesting article. But your history is wrong. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #43

All economies are mixed Farmer-Rick Feb 2019 #29

It does frost me when folks say FDR was a socialist. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #41

exactly kennetha Feb 2019 #42

Or they will say The New Deal didn't pull us out of the Depression. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #44