I just found this out about Michael Bloomberg: He is a "self made billionare"

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99. The modern Democratic Party was built from FDR's legacy.

That means minimum wage, and strong labor unions, and Social Security. It means subsidizing farmers not to grow food so that farmers do not overproduce and then starve. It means Socialistic programs like free public education, fire and police protection. It means publicly built roads and schools. It means the Tennesee Valley Authority, and the FBI, the NSA, the CIA, and the Department of Labor. It was minimum wage and unions that built the middle class. It was the government subsidizing colleges that allowed America to produce so many teachers, scientists, and engineers. The two world superpowers of the 1960s, the Soviet Union and the United States were built through mixes of Capitalism and Socialism. For about the last 10 years, China has been growing its GDP by about 6% a year through a blend of Capitalism and Socialism.

Apparently, someone along the way taught you that Capitalism is good and Communism is bad. I assume that because of this, you think that Socialism is bad too. Communism is generally how the Government of some countries is run. However, the economic systems are often more of a Capitalist/Socialistic blend than Communism in places like China today or the old Soviet Union. The U.S. has had tons of Socialism from the beginning when the first group of schoolhouses and roads were built. Democratic Underground but not Marxist Underground? Do you even know the difference between Socialism and Communism? Also, do you even know how much of a role Socialism mixed with Capitalism has played in growing this country?

Do you not realize that Bernie Sanders calls himself a Socialist? That Elizabeth Warren's ideas are almost as socialistic as Bernie Sanders' ideas are? Do you not realize that all of the leading candidates want to expand government medical care in the U.S? I think that you see phrases like the "means of production" and you see Communists everywhere, when the same terms can be used to talk about Socialism or Capitalism.

There is no pure Capitalism anywhere in the world. There are only blends of things like Capitalism and Socialism or Capitalism/Socialism/Communism. Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez call themselves Democratic Socialists. Have you noticed this? They might as well call themselves Captialistic Socialists because while they believe in Democracy, they also believe in adding lots of Socialism to their Capitalism.

As for Andrew Yang, the guy that you apparently support, he wants to give $1000 a month to everyone. That is Socialism, and Socialism is supposed to be on the way to Communism, according to Karl Marx, the guy who apparently scares you.

So tell me, just how much Socialism can you handle before it looks too much like Communism? Republicans have been calling Democrats "Communists" and "Socialists" ever since FDR took office, or did you never notice that? Didn't you have a year of Government and a year of History in high school like I did, or did you just sleep through those classes?