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Originally Posted by ALadysMom
Why do we continue to play right into the thugs’ hands?
They want to DIVIDE & CONQUER.
If you don’t want socialism, then we had all better keep our eyes on the prize.
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I was responding to Chatbrat's claim and opinion based on that claim. I don't think Chatbrat is a thug. I also don't think Netflix is a thug. I also don't feel that the Obamas or Susan Rice are thugs. I also don't think any of these people/entities are trying to promote socialism.
So I'm confused as to why you are responding to my post with your comment. It doesn't really seem to pertain to anything I said.
Also, I'm a little concerned as to your use of the term "socialism." I'm thinking you might be confusing it with something else. Socialism is a catch-phrase that encompasses several different systems under one umbrella term.
Our medicaid and medicare and social security system and welfare and assistance to the poor are all based on concepts of socialism. They are not "socialist" implementations per se, but that is the system the government used in order to create these programs in the first place. I don't see that as a bad thing.
Conversely, China's methodology of "all business owned by the government" and a singular dictator in charge of deciding who gets to benefit from it, is also borrowed from the socialism system - and we see how much fun THAT is.
The word "socialism," in other words, does not inherently mean something negative nor positive. It is a system that, if it worked and was implemented all at once, would benefit pretty much everyone. Unfortunately it is never implemented all at once, and pieces of it are typically implemented by dictators who have no interest in benefiting everyone. And so socialism, as a whole, is not 100% successful anywhere in the world.
But as concepts go, it's really not a bad one, not something to fear. Dictatorship, fascism, that's something to fear. When you combine fascism with socialism you get China, Laos, and Cuba.