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5. Something that Frances said...

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)

Sun May 29, 2016, 02:26 AM

May 2016

... about what Democratic Socialists want: We don't want the effing world... all we want is the basics of life for our citizens. If we are the "richest country in the world," then why can regular working middle class people, working poor and the poor ever get ahead? Every time we turn around anymore, we have to struggle through these recessions, each of them seeming to get harsher than the previous one.
There has to be a balance in life, no matter what you are dealing with. Is this not true?

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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