When socialism comes to America..

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Re: When socialism comes to America..

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Baldy wrote: Sat Jul 25, 2026 9:50 am
kalm wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2026 11:56 am

Like I’ve said all along it’s not an either or proposition. All advanced countries have mixed economies. The real argument is over priorities. The working class and majority of Americans vs. the wealthy.
You and your strawmen.

The point is Mamdani, Bernie, the DSA and the like DO NOT want mixed economies. They don't want Scandinavian styled mixed economies. They want planned, state controlled economies. They want Communism without the authoritarianism (allegedly). The problem is the only way to achieve their goal is through autocratic means.
Ok, McCarthy. :lol:

Keep on beating that dead horse but 1) neither of those two believe in a command economy and 2) I might take you more seriously if you actually took issue with the Trump administration buying a stake in 17 companies for us or monied interest’s bribing influence on the means of production, or gave two shits about the impact of monopolies and corporate capture of our government. Free market! :rofl:

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Re: When socialism comes to America..

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kalm wrote: Sat Jul 25, 2026 2:35 pm
Baldy wrote: Sat Jul 25, 2026 9:50 am
You and your strawmen.

The point is Mamdani, Bernie, the DSA and the like DO NOT want mixed economies. They don't want Scandinavian styled mixed economies. They want planned, state controlled economies. They want Communism without the authoritarianism (allegedly). The problem is the only way to achieve their goal is through autocratic means.
Ok, McCarthy. :lol:

Keep on beating that dead horse but 1) neither of those two believe in a command economy and 2) I might take you more seriously if you actually took issue with the Trump administration buying a stake in 17 companies for us or monied interest’s bribing influence on the means of production, or gave two shits about the impact of monopolies and corporate capture of our government. Free market! :rofl:

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Re: When socialism comes to America..

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kalm wrote: Sat Jul 25, 2026 2:35 pm
Baldy wrote: Sat Jul 25, 2026 9:50 am
You and your strawmen.

The point is Mamdani, Bernie, the DSA and the like DO NOT want mixed economies. They don't want Scandinavian styled mixed economies. They want planned, state controlled economies. They want Communism without the authoritarianism (allegedly). The problem is the only way to achieve their goal is through autocratic means.
Ok, McCarthy. :lol:

Keep on beating that dead horse but 1) neither of those two believe in a command economy and 2) I might take you more seriously if you actually took issue with the Trump administration buying a stake in 17 companies for us or monied interest’s bribing influence on the means of production, or gave two shits about the impact of monopolies and corporate capture of our government. Free market! :rofl:
McCarthy? There you go again. Another one of your ridiculous strawmen.

Please list the 17 companies that this administration has bought stakes into and how much did those purchases cost the taxpayers? I'm very intrigued. :roll:

Bernie and Mamdani both call themselves democratic socialists. They both only endorse democratic socialist candidates. The DSA endorsed both candidates. The DSA's number one fundamental foundational goal is to eradicate capitalism. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, talks like a duck, eats like a duck, and shits like a duck...it's a duck.

You can fool yourself all you want, but you certainly aren't fooling anyone here.
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