I’ve been watching some political adds on local TV that I would not normally pay attention to calling those that they are running against a Socialist, much like the talk of Bernie last go around.
What I found funny back then, was when ever I mentioned Sanders name, they called him a socialist. And that is all they knew about him or Democratic Socialism.
I had to ask… Do you know what socialism is ? to you know what democratic socialism is ?
Who does any form socialism harm ?
Of course they had no clue and/or could not explain any of it. It was just bad because it was made to sound like a demerit.
But it reminded me when Reagan made Liberal a bad word in the American mind.
He started that pitch with George Bush Senior in the republican run-off and then chose him as his running mate. Go figure. It was so effective that even G Bush Sr used it against his opponent in his election bids in 88 & 92. I was a conservative throughout this. But began changing my thinking as I watched the republicans trash their own man for very bad reasons. This is the point of change in American politics. The neo-capitalist had begun taking charge and using the demerit name calling as a useful toll in their work.
So I find it like playing a record until everyone buys it as a hit. At least enough to for-fill your unstated agenda anyway.
But still, those that do not like democratic socialism can not define it or describe it and can’t state who would loose in such a structure.
And then. I tell them we have been practicing democratic socialism for a very long time and they are in disbelief with no answer for that. And bounce back with a talking point they have been pre-programed to say (like a broken record).
I’m sure that me bringing the topic up for discussion will cause a bunch to do a google on it, but I doubt they will find truly accurate picture on the surface of a search.
The folks that have a reason to be against it are neo-capitalist, because the government should not be doing anything a company could make a profit from even if it can provide poor service for higher expenses and eventually go belly-up leaving the people that get served by it without service.
So they have the motivation to give it a bad name.
But some things (not everything) only the government can do in a meaningful way.
The problem with the current system that I still stand by until something better can come along is that it has become to corrupt. A problem for any form of governance or social order.
Social Security is a very good example. The politicians had added/changed the wording of the governing regulations to allow some rat company’s to game the system.
Sometimes I think it is a ongoing effort to cause it to fail to eliminated it as we now know it. But hey… they give money to the candidates to make the changes and a little more after the fact to keep it going.
But we have been under democratic socialism for some time. The difference is to what degree. And some want to tear that down for a quick profit, even if it is a temporary one. A company can go bankrupt and those in charge can walk away with those profits.
Take a look around you… The folks from K-Mart could fleece the company, file a chapter 11 and go on to buy Sears a few years later. They raped it and now filing again. Everyone will believe it’s just changing business which is a good part of it but not the whole story.
Just have to watch what their next move will be in a few years. But I still have 5000 worthless shares in K-Mart to say I have no confidence in what these ceo/managers and the board do. They are about 1 of 6 groups of players I have noted doing the same BS. And that hardly scratches the surface. They are raping the company’s as well as the share-holders and the tax system. I call it the syndrome of ‘MORE’ ’cause it’s always about ‘MORE’ they want more more more.
Capitalism OWNS Democracy now, what did you think they would be saying about it ?
The 3% owning over 90% happens in less than half of your lifetime is something quite different to think about the implications going forward!
Do you think you can buy back your democracy ?
You can’t afford it now.