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You are a liberal texican.
Ocasio-Cortez and the “socialist” left
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the conversation was about government socialism" and my point was republicans love certain big govt "socialist" programs
Providing for defense is baked into the Constitution. It's not socialist. Using your military to control your own population is very socialist.
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Our current military is in large part a jobs program. That’s socialist.
americas military is used to controls its own and global populations.
and government programs dont have to be about control to be "socialist"
Taxing the population and then using that tax money to pay for programs (like the military) the serve the common good is socialist. The fact that it's baked into the constitution just means that the founding fathers had no problem with socialism. Using the the military to control your own population is authoritarianism, not socialism. The two are not the same.
El Correcto
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And yet authoritarian regimes are usually socialist. And every system has taxes.
Then you should be all for it.
They certainly can be, but often in name only. They can also be stable democracies like our European allies and, to a lesser extent, the USA.
So is it now a Democrat talking point that we've been socialist all along?
El Correcto
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We've always had elements of socialism in the USA. It's not a talking point.
El Correcto
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thats just your twisted view. capitalism is authoritarian.
adjective: authoritarian
- 1.
favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom.
"the transition from an authoritarian to a democratic regime"
synonyms: autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannical, draconian, oppressive, repressive, illiberal, undemocratic; More
disciplinarian, domineering, overbearing, iron-fisted, high-handed, peremptory, imperious, strict, rigid, inflexible;
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"his authoritarian manner"
antonyms: democratic, liberal- showing a lack of concern for the wishes or opinions of others; domineering; dictatorial.
"he had an authoritarian and at times belligerent manner"
- showing a lack of concern for the wishes or opinions of others; domineering; dictatorial.
El Correcto
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Who this thread is about supports full blown socialism. In other words a dumdum...
capitalism has ruined america. deindustralization. corrupt government. pollution.
you were never free.
El Correcto
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Dumdum. Try contributing to a society before you determine what others should contribute to you.
Not sure what you mean by "full blown socialism". I think the person in question definitely supports a greater degree of socialism than we currently have.
