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GulfCoast66

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7. My sincere apologies that I did a poor job of communication in my post.

Reply to brush (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 01:15 AM

Mar 2019

I am not a socialist. It is a system that just does not work.

I am a believer in strongly regulated capitalism.

Human improvement depends on wealth, and no system yet discovered creates wealth like capitalism. Left un-checked and it leads to slavery.

But many countries have proven it can be checked very well.

I am no socialist, and fear the very idea of it becoming popular in the Democratic Party.

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Socialists pls explain how your society/economic system will work [View all] brush Mar 2019 OP

Essentially, in my socialist economy: cilla4progress Mar 2019 #1

Sounds like the social democracies in Europe so why call... brush Mar 2019 #2

It's total socialism it's hybrid which has proven to work best, uponit7771 Mar 2019 #4

It's semantics. procon Mar 2019 #8

I would like the day-to-day workings of socialism... brush Mar 2019 #10

Since we are already headed in that direction, procon Mar 2019 #15

No - nowhere in Europe provides food as part of the social welfare system muriel_volestrangler Mar 2019 #19

ok Lurker Deluxe Mar 2019 #13

Why would you use failed maximillist cilla4progress Mar 2019 #24

If housing is provided by the safety net... brooklynite Mar 2019 #34

We call it liberalism in canada. applegrove Mar 2019 #3

Since in my experience there are very, very few actual socialist on DU... GulfCoast66 Mar 2019 #5

Well since you say you're a socialist give us your version... brush Mar 2019 #6

My sincere apologies that I did a poor job of communication in my post. GulfCoast66 Mar 2019 #7

Why do we argue about these little things like socialism when the country is obviously the opposite? rusty quoin Mar 2019 #9

It's important because we have a major candidate... brush Mar 2019 #11

Less than 20 years ago the Republicans branded the Democratic Party as liberals. rusty quoin Mar 2019 #22

Please, it's not look at me. It's look at the voters. brush Mar 2019 #27

Socialism is by far the worst economic system AlexSFCA Mar 2019 #12

Are you suggesting that only the academic definition of procon Mar 2019 #17

You really need to get your head out of the Cold War Mindset... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #18

"in its correct sense - see wikipedia" - OK, here we go: muriel_volestrangler Mar 2019 #20

You are only correct Codeine Mar 2019 #26

What I think is weird is that the same people who've been saying for years that the betsuni Mar 2019 #14

I'm an anarcho-syndicalist myself, basically I believe that we should... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #16

Let's have the capitalists rownesheck Mar 2019 #21

Fettered Capitalismsocialism model has shown to work for the middle class. There are examples uponit7771 Mar 2019 #23

It is useless to get hung up on labels. cilla4progress Mar 2019 #25

Every socialism argument fescuerescue Mar 2019 #33

A system that benefits everyone is more likely to induce willful participation. LonePirate Mar 2019 #28

Well said, watoos Mar 2019 #30

We don't have capitalism in America, watoos Mar 2019 #29

True enough on the crony capitalism/fascism analogy. brush Mar 2019 #31

Socialism arguments always devolve fescuerescue Mar 2019 #32