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2018-08-03 Home Front: Politix

Democratic socialism, explained by a democratic socialist

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-08-03 01:07|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 And to achieve that they'll need to pile power after power into the government, and then act surprised when it turns into a tyranny.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-08-03 03:10|| 2018-08-03 03:10|| Front Page Top

#2 "I don't understand gangster mind. I know what to do about gangsters." - Lazarus Long

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-08-03 03:15|| 2018-08-03 03:15|| Front Page Top

#3 I'd term it oikophobic socialism.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-08-03 05:04|| 2018-08-03 05:04|| Front Page Top

#4 "It’s petrifying to me that this is being normalized," said Meghan McCain on The View.

Please remind me how your father voted when it came time to spike Obamacare, as was his professed goal ever since they started talking about it.

Posted by gorb 2018-08-03 10:34|| 2018-08-03 10:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Socialism is not at all democratic you idiots.

Posted by newc 2018-08-03 14:37|| 2018-08-03 14:37|| Front Page Top

#6 slavery could be "democratic" 51% could vote to enslave the 49%.

They could vote every year to renew and it would be democratic.

It's a constitution that limits state power and ensures equal (which entails a small states as equal gets messy when it comes to entitlements) treatment by the state which is important.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-08-03 14:43|| 2018-08-03 14:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Call it National Socialism. They have less obvious propaganda but they have the racism, the enforcement thugs, and their actual plan may not be invasion of neighbors but they have a similar fluid concept of national borders.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-08-03 18:03|| 2018-08-03 18:03|| Front Page Top

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