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7. Do we still conflate anything we think is bad with socialism?

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:51 AM

Oct 2020

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Americans conflate economic and political systems all of the time. Yavin4 Oct 2020 #11

I have said this numerous times. smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #20

Authoritarianism. Totalitarianism. House of Roberts Oct 2020 #2

Suppressing the vote is about totalitarianism. Caliman73 Oct 2020 #3

Incorrect. johnp3907 Oct 2020 #4

ABSOLUTELY ! Thank you for your post. Budi Oct 2020 #5

Absolutely not... Caliman73 Oct 2020 #8

It is indeed true in communist & socalist nations. Budi Oct 2020 #9

Are we a communist or socialist nation? Caliman73 Oct 2020 #13

We are a Democratic Republic of course. Budi Oct 2020 #16

I agree, there are no magic unicorns Caliman73 Oct 2020 #18

Nice try Cirque du So-What Oct 2020 #6

Do we still conflate anything we think is bad with socialism? aidbo Oct 2020 #7

Lol wtf are you even talking about. aidbo Oct 2020 #12

Of course. And where do you find your info? Budi Oct 2020 #17

Bye bye, Budi. aidbo Oct 2020 #21

Haaaahaa. You use google too. Budi Oct 2020 #22

Yes I use google sometimes. Was I not clear about that? aidbo Oct 2020 #26

No, the so-called "socialist" countries wanted everyone to vote DFW Oct 2020 #19

It is one of the 10 indicators of emerging fascism. roamer65 Oct 2020 #23