Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: I just found this out about Michael Bloomberg: He is a "self made billionare" [View all]The Mouth
(3,416 posts)I was, and am, simply saying that stating that "everyone, in the absolute sense, who attains great wealth, did so through criminality and/or the exploitation of other people" is moronic, dishonest, and unsupportable.
That is idiotic, antithetical to the principles of the United States of America, a direct attack upon both the great FDR and one current Democratic candidate, and in general, a view that could only be held by someone who is woefully ignorant of many things and/or a piteous whiner.
Marx had quite interesting and valid analyses of the failures of capitalism, and many of us rather like Democratic Socialism. Many fo the northern European countries do it quite well.
I think you need to acquaint yourself with the differences between "Socialism", and "Democratic Socialism", they are not the same.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided