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mr_lebowski

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18. I would say a country that calls itself 'Socialist' that doesnt' have most if not all things on that

Fri Sep 25, 2020, 04:08 PM

Sep 2020

list (along with, you know, the government controlling all means of production, a situation which doesn't exist in the world right now TTBOMK) ... is failing at Socialism.

They'd be 'missing the point'.

MHO.

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You are a socialist if you believe in . . . [View all] Edwcraig Sep 2020 OP

Right to our Constitutional protection that our bodies are our bodies. LakeArenal Sep 2020 #1

I'm in! BlueJac Sep 2020 #2

That's not socialism. N/T lapucelle Sep 2020 #3

Perhaps not but they're all things a proper Socialism-based society would have ... mr_lebowski Sep 2020 #7

Nope. What's a "proper Socialism-based society "? Budi Sep 2020 #13

I would say a country that calls itself 'Socialist' that doesnt' have most if not all things on that mr_lebowski Sep 2020 #18

The 'selling of Socialism' in a Democratic Republic is pure bs Budi Sep 2020 #23

What exactly is "unemployment insurance funded by the insured"? lapucelle Sep 2020 #32

As with any good DU thread, the OP drops a grenade and doesn't stay to discuss it... brooklynite Sep 2020 #38

It isn't mercuryblues Sep 2020 #42

Those are the gifts & basic tenats of the Democratic Party Budi Sep 2020 #4

None of that is socialism. Stop letting ranting-crank conservatives define the debate JHB Sep 2020 #5

Socialism has an entirely diffrent meaning. Budi Sep 2020 #8

Don't tell me, tell the OP JHB Sep 2020 #12

We are in agreement. Budi Sep 2020 #15

It's part of the mainstreaming of conservative terminology, forcing debate onto their terms JHB Sep 2020 #21

It's not entirely different ... mr_lebowski Sep 2020 #14

Socialism is a means of production. Budi Sep 2020 #16

What do you think you know about Venezuela's economy? PETRUS Sep 2020 #28

It's very different. A true Socialist would be offended by that list. Yavin4 Sep 2020 #20

But since none of those things are unique to socialism, it does not make you a socialist... JHB Sep 2020 #22

Lol no. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2020 #6

my late mom put it this way. if feeding the poor , takeing care of the sick and eldry, AllaN01Bear Sep 2020 #9

You forgot Protections for the Right of Workers to Organize (nt) mr_lebowski Sep 2020 #10

You're conflating Socialism with Democracy. Budi Sep 2020 #17

Hardly. Workers Right to Organize have nothing inherently to do with Democracy ... mr_lebowski Sep 2020 #26

Marxism now! Budi Sep 2020 #29

Nowhere did I say anything like "Marxism Now" ... mr_lebowski Sep 2020 #41

Socialism, to the christofascist..... Thomas Hurt Sep 2020 #11

That's not Socialism. That's Social Democracy. Yavin4 Sep 2020 #19

Source? DeltaLitProf Sep 2020 #25

Sources Yavin4 Sep 2020 #27

From your link... lapucelle Sep 2020 #34

Your point is? n/t Yavin4 Sep 2020 #36

Point 1: A bullet list of policy principles can be shared by more than one political philpsophy. lapucelle Sep 2020 #40

It just is. Patterson Sep 2020 #31

Thanks Trumpocalypse Sep 2020 #39

If our choices are Socialism or Fascism Chainfire Sep 2020 #24

I'll take neither populist extreme, & keep & regulate the system we have. Budi Sep 2020 #30

National parks, forests, seashores. lpbk2713 Sep 2020 #33

Fire and Police Dept Tribetime Sep 2020 #35

I do and I'm not... brooklynite Sep 2020 #37

I am a Democrat. Kindly don't call me a Socialist bcs I believe in taking care of my fellow citizens Hekate Sep 2020 #43