AFTiger 282 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 11,147 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 FYP Haven't watched it yet, but I bet it makes about as much sense as asking Trump or Cruz supporters to explain conservatism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 20,472 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Frankly, a healthy percentage of the people in this forum that toss the word around regularly don't seem to have a good understanding of it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 11,147 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Frankly, a healthy percentage of the people in this forum that toss the word around regularly don't seem to have a good understanding of it either. Fair point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlueVue 177 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Frankly, a healthy percentage of the people in this forum that toss the word around regularly don't seem to have a good understanding of it either. I understand what has happened to countries like Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, El Slavador etc etc, and the exponential growth of "ninis" a segment of their populations as they have more fully embraced socialistic policies. A nini is neither a student nor employed and % of them in their populations is exploding...so, thats what we have to look forward to should the Bernmeister win. Bernie's folllowers may believe the mythology that the overlords of wall street control our lives and even if it is true, thats obviously better than the govt controlling it. http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/02/01/nini-f01.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icanthearyou 4,462 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Well that was a really stupid post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icanthearyou 4,462 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I would rather hear DWS explain it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwere 82 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Was 38s girl in the new Star Wars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwere 82 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 He is a new word for these people.... 'Neo Saint-Simonians'. That may be givining them too much credit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 11,362 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Frankly, a healthy percentage of the people in this forum that toss the word around regularly don't seem to have a good understanding of it either. I understand what has happened to countries like Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, El Slavador etc etc, and the exponential growth of "ninis" a segment of their populations as they have more fully embraced socialistic policies. A nini is neither a student nor employed and % of them in their populations is exploding...so, thats what we have to look forward to should the Bernmeister win. Bernie's folllowers may believe the mythology that the overlords of wall street control our lives and even if it is true, thats obviously better than the govt controlling it. http://www.wsws.org/...1/nini-f01.html You just proved Titan's assertion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFTiger 282 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 It would seem that the liberals on this board don't understand socialism either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icanthearyou 4,462 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 No you are! Great post AFT! Really smart and insightful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 20,472 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 It would seem that the liberals on this board don't understand socialism either. Perhaps they do, perhaps they don't. But they aren't usually the ones butchering the definition around here either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFTiger 282 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 No you are! I am what? Great post AFT! Really smart and insightful. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFTiger 282 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 It would seem that the liberals on this board don't understand socialism either. Perhaps they do, perhaps they don't. But they aren't usually the ones butchering the definition around here either. And your definition is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 It would seem that the liberals on this board don't understand socialism either. Perhaps they do, perhaps they don't. But they aren't usually the ones butchering the definition around here either. And your definition is? Smooth.......(Not really) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icanthearyou 4,462 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Socialism is what you call, "shared povertry". It's rite their in your sig AFT. Frankley I am suprized you don't no none of that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayH4AU 1 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 "The Problem with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."- Margaret Thatcher "The inherent vice of Capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubaseball 2,592 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 That video is American politics in a nutshell. Half of the voters don't know who or what they are voting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiveEmElle 1,559 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I find it greatly amusing that people accused Obama of being a socialist with the same disgust people in ancient times would use to refer to a leper and now a self-proclaimed socialist just did pretty damn well in Iowa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFTiger 282 Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 Socialism is what you call, "shared povertry". It's rite their in your sig AFT. Frankley I am suprized you don't no none of that stuff. And your definition is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 11,362 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 This is about the most comprehensive discussion on it I have found: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/01/this-scholar-argues-democratic-socialism-is-not-only-possible-in-america-but-inevitable/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFTiger 282 Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 Here is a different view Socialism is the Big Lie of the twentieth century. While it promised prosperity, equality, and security, it delivered poverty, misery, and tyranny. Equality was achieved only in the sense that everyone was equal in his or her misery. - See more at: http://www.cfact.org/2016/02/08/why-socialism-failed/#sthash.DfqKnY8B.dpuf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUUSN 823 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Watch Jeb voters explain Jeb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 11,362 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Here is a different view Socialism is the Big Lie of the twentieth century. While it promised prosperity, equality, and security, it delivered poverty, misery, and tyranny. Equality was achieved only in the sense that everyone was equal in his or her misery. - See more at: http://www.cfact.org...h.DfqKnY8B.dpuf They are talking about communism, not democratic socialism. Two different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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