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former9thward

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28. Absoluting nothing in all that has anything to do with sociailsm.
Mon Mar 4, 2024, 04:37 PM
Mar 2024

Fascist governments do all that, democratic republics do all that. Any government other than anarchy which is no government, does all those things.

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Has there ever been a great society based on anti-capitalism? brooklynite Mar 2024 #1
What counts as a great society? RockRaven Mar 2024 #2
I'm not sure what this means. Ocelot II Mar 2024 #3
You are one of the folks on DU that I pay attention to. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #7
Thanks. But what do you mean by anti-socialist? Ocelot II Mar 2024 #10
My question was more primal. I think all socialists could argue and disagree about the best economic engine to better OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Ocelot II Mar 2024 #8
Was Chile under Pinochet great? DBoon Mar 2024 #4
Do you think Pinochet was a socialist? OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #5
No, he was an anti-socialist, implementing Milton Freedman's economics DBoon Mar 2024 #9
All of what you said....I cannot disagree with. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #11
"You must enslave humans to make markets free" DBoon Mar 2024 #15
When were markets "free"? OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #18
In the imagination of Milton Friedman DBoon Mar 2024 #19
If people in the United States hate socialism... Bluethroughu Mar 2024 #6
My Constitution is not based on socialism. former9thward Mar 2024 #13
Wouldn't it be great if the Founding Fathers could come back for a 2 week visit? OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #16
Yes former9thward Mar 2024 #20
The fact that property is returned to the government if Bluethroughu Mar 2024 #22
Absoluting nothing in all that has anything to do with sociailsm. former9thward Mar 2024 #28
You own a BUNDLE OF RIGHTS to a property, Bluethroughu Mar 2024 #31
The Confederacy eliminated "promote the general welfare" DBoon Mar 2024 #17
'Socialism' can depend whether you are benefitting or I am benefitting. keithbvadu2 Mar 2024 #12
A better question might be has there ever been a successful socialist economy EX500rider Mar 2024 #21
Russia, Venezuela, North Korea are led by Dictators. Bluethroughu Mar 2024 #23
You should look up the definition of Socialism 1st EX500rider Mar 2024 #24
I know what it means, and that's how we operate. Bluethroughu Mar 2024 #25
If the govt does not own the means of production it is not a socialist economy EX500rider Mar 2024 #27
So companies operating independently, but using Bluethroughu Mar 2024 #29
Are they required to accept? EX500rider Mar 2024 #30
There have been durable civilizations bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #26
Of course not. No more so than there has ever been a great society based on socialism DFW Mar 2024 #32
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