greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 5
th, 2016 at 12:24pm:
John_Taverner wrote on Apr 5
th, 2016 at 11:08am:
If you like socialism so much, why not visit North Korea.
That's not socialism.
Marxism then. Just don't say that it's failed socialism. "Successful socialism" is an oxymoron.
"Successful Socialist States - A History" is either a very small book, or it has the subtitle - "and unicorns I have known".
issuevoter wrote on Apr 5
th, 2016 at 1:50pm:
The best societies and their governments are a blend of the free market economy and some socialist policies. One or the other is unlikely to succeed for several reasons. But if you think that socialist policies can be just abandoned in favour of pure capitalism, I'd like to see someone try it. The old days of people just eating dirt because they have no nasty business acumen are over.
That's not socialism. A capitalist state needs to have safeguards for the environment and safeguards for the old and infirm.
Quote:As for Trump, you think he is more dangerous than Dubbya? Who by the way, got 5000 Americans killed and 30,000 injured in Iraq. How about a group of presidents who got 50,000 Americans killed in Vietnam? And Trump's the big bad guy?
I haven't heard anything consistent from Trump to date. He seems to "wing it" a lot. I'm not surprised that the GOP's "Stop Trump" movement has got to the stage of letting Hillary win if necessary to stop Trump.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/us/politics/donald-trump-republican-party.html Quote:Election 2016
Inside the Republican Party’s Desperate Mission to Stop Donald Trump