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merrily

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3. Bernie correctly emphasized "civilized" society from the beginning.

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)

Sun May 29, 2016, 12:37 AM

May 2016

A "dog eat dog, I've got mine, the needy have to do better for themselves somehow or suffer and die" is not a civilized society.

A Pete Peterson society is not a civilized society.

A chained CPI society is not a civilized society.

A society that cuts SNAP for the poor again and again and cuts fuel subsidies to the poor is not a civilized society.

A society in which the rich get richer while the poor and middle class fight each other for crumbs is not a civilized society.

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Frances Fox Piven on Bernie Sanders and Socialism [View all] Cheese Sandwich May 2016 OP

Thank you. snot May 2016 #1

Lovely lmbradford May 2016 #2

Bernie correctly emphasized "civilized" society from the beginning. merrily May 2016 #3

+1,000,000 dchill May 2016 #4

Beautifully said, merrily. What you said is especially true considering the size of the military. Enthusiast May 2016 #7

Thanks. It's not even capitalism. It's mulit-national conglomerate corporatism with merrily May 2016 #9

Something that Frances said... ReRe May 2016 #5

I get the distinct impression TPTB now see "We the People" as an enemy to be defeated. Enthusiast May 2016 #8

Thank you, Frances Fox Piven. raging moderate May 2016 #6