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In reply to the discussion: AOC on the Pentagon budget. [View all]
H2O Man
(79,056 posts)39. As my friend Rubin
often said, those with very little to compare find very little to understand. Hence, the person who hilariously posts without knowledge of merchantilism being the economic reality when the US became a nation. Our other friend is limited to the concept of a centralized government that does not allow for free enterprise. And that is one, easily understoof form of socialism. But you are, of course, correct. There are numerous forms of socialism, rather than one.
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You know well as I do nothing anyone said would have changed it. She knew it, she voted against it
Autumn
Dec 2022
#25
If only more taxpayers would push for things like healthcare and ending homelessness.
Hermit-The-Prog
Dec 2022
#28
Yes of course, but it is still cheaper for the US to pay Ukraine to fight for us.
Irish_Dem
Dec 2022
#8
Must disagree on some basics. The military, roadbuilding, schools, hospitals, fire departments, etc.
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#18
Again, Confucius requires me to push back on the absurdist suggestion that liberal social programs
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#23
I think "anti-capitalist" and "late stage capitalism" are the passwords to the club where
betsuni
Dec 2022
#61
The myth that the true roots of the Democratic Party are socialist, that FDR/LBJ
betsuni
Dec 2022
#32
I'm still waiting to hear the answer to which socialist state--now or in the past 100 years or so--
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#35
LBJ had all sorts of opponents. Ones on the far-right and ones on the far-left.
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#40
A lot to unpack here, including personal insults, mischaracterizations, and outright falsehoods.
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#45
The tax payers are the people who pay for those things, like building schools, roads etc, etc.
panader0
Dec 2022
#36
So what? People paying taxes isn't "socialism" under any accepted definition of the term.
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#37
Your "other friend" will take the lack of response to the question I asked multiple times
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#41
No, It is a question that's germane in countries all over the world.
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#48
This is the second time you have falsely accused me of questioning why you are here.
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#50
Indeed. Built socialist regiemes tend to increase human misery rather than relieving it.
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#56