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Hortensis

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30. :) Whatever Biden does, Elizabeth Warren will be part of.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 01:46 PM
Apr 2020

Democrats believe in using capitalism to create great prosperity also -- but capitalism on a very strong regulatory leash.

A lot of the anti-capitalists getting air time these days are socialist libertarians and leftist anarchists, as well as old-fashioned socialists. A whole grab bag of extremist whackjobs, none of which have widespread capitalism-enabled prosperity as their goal, but rather universalist societies living austere lives of limited opportunity. As proven by their complete failure to provide a replacement for the prosperity engine of capitalism. A big no to talking about them as if they're respectable instead of extremists trying to trick people into embracing what they would never want.

Our grandparents came together to keep our nation from falling to extremism as so many other nations did in the 1930s. Our time now.

Why is this an issue? Gothmog Apr 2020 #1
It shouldn't be, but for those purists on the far left, he is a capitalist. still_one Apr 2020 #2
Yeah, it's too bad the Bloomberg article framed this as a Bernie/Warren vs Biden thing, when it WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #4
And what is wrong with this? Gothmog Apr 2020 #17
There is nothing wrong with capitalism as long as there is regulation. He made some stupid still_one Apr 2020 #22
:) Whatever Biden does, Elizabeth Warren will be part of. Hortensis Apr 2020 #30
Agreed. He is just using him as an outside advisor on the current economic situation. He isn't still_one Apr 2020 #31
Yes. Real presidents have a bunch of economic advisers, Hortensis Apr 2020 #32
and based on Biden's recent statements on student debt, as you stated, no doubt Warren is part of still_one Apr 2020 #33
Yes, though Democrats have always been for subsiding education Hortensis Apr 2020 #34
+++ still_one Apr 2020 #36
Do you mean besides the fact that he's a misogynist disaster capitalist whose advice during WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #3
Which is also fueled the rise of right wing populist movements like the Tea Party and Trump. Yavin4 Apr 2020 #7
You are wrong on this Gothmog Apr 2020 #16
You need to get better educated about Summers Yavin4 Apr 2020 #20
LOL Gothmog Apr 2020 #23
Start with post #8. n/t Yavin4 Apr 2020 #24
Again thank you for the laughs Gothmog Apr 2020 #39
It wasn't that good of a job, no one went to jail. Hotler Apr 2020 #28
Yeah, other than those little bitty flaws. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #9
no more DINOs! TheNewNumberTwo Apr 2020 #42
Summers gambled with Harvard endowment-lost 1.8 bl delisen Apr 2020 #13
From the Atlantic in 2013 theaocp Apr 2020 #5
Ugh. Summers. CrispyQ Apr 2020 #6
Bernstein is also advising him as part of the team. But the fact that Summers is still in the mix WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #10
I should have read the article, but my first reaction to Summers name was to vomit a little. CrispyQ Apr 2020 #12
"When Yanis (Varoufakis) met the Prince of Darkness" Mike 03 Apr 2020 #8
This is really is amusing but not credible Gothmog Apr 2020 #40
Good ! stonecutter357 Apr 2020 #11
Say more? WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #14
All I care about is beating Trump HarlanPepper Apr 2020 #15
Yes, beating Trump is the priority, but preventing another Trump is the next highest priority. Yavin4 Apr 2020 #21
Larry Summers is awful but if anyone read that Bloomberg piece, they'd know Biden's being advised by Cha Apr 2020 #38
It's good to know there are others rpannier Apr 2020 #43
bit a problem, that... TheNewNumberTwo Apr 2020 #44
Blah blah blah HarlanPepper Apr 2020 #45
He's recycled and not what we need, but.. mvd Apr 2020 #18
How about work to get Trump out AND voice concerns? WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #19
People need to understand that it's not enough to beat Trump. Yavin4 Apr 2020 #25
Exactly. "Normal" is what got us here in the first place; I'm not interested in "going back" to it. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #26
Summers is a creature of the 90s Yavin4 Apr 2020 #27
I think you have a point. As long as it doesn't distract from the main goal mvd Apr 2020 #35
Good beginning but then degrading to quoting a couple Hortensis Apr 2020 #29
Larry Summers was a close adviser in both Clinton's and Obama's administrations. I trust.... George II Apr 2020 #37
I like President Obama and I do not understand the people who attack President Obama and his legacy Gothmog Apr 2020 #41
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