I have a masters in history you have a masters and propaganda. English-speaking people have always had a problem conflating the two because of British Savage capitalist propaganda since God knows when. French Italian German swedish speaking people know the difference. anyway what Sanders says is democratic socialism so you people don't go batshit LOL.Perhaps that is true on your planet, but here on Earth they socialism and communism are the same thing.Socialism is not communism. Socialism is many kinds of government but always democratic so not communist no matter what the Communists and fascists say, brain washed functional moron.Medicare for all would be like other modern countries have, no insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies with huge Profits. Medicare for all wood cost 40% less than this crap private insurance we have now. You never have to worry about money and doctors would no longer have ridiculous paperwork. Everything you know is wrong brainwashed functional moronA lot of bullshit. Sweden, Germany, Finland, etc. are not socialist states, they are welfare states and so it the US. All these states have free market economies and that means they have a capitalist system - another term you have no understanding of. All of these states have free market economies, capitalist economies, because capitalism is the most efficient creator of wealth, but to varying degrees they provide subsidized services to their populations, which makes them welfare states.communism is a dictatorship that owns all business and industry and has never been put in except through violent revolution. They said they were socialists they lied. I have a masters in history here you go. Marx wrote about Marxism he was totally wrong. Communism in the USSR was supposedly Democratic in its Soviets or committees. After a few years people figured out it wasn't Democratic at all. Everywhere in the world except for English speaking countries where Savage capitalists abound, socialism has been Fair capitalism 4 70 or 80 years. Savage capitalist like the conservative party in England or the Tories love conflating the two so they can keep people down. I had a junior year abroad in France in 1971 and they had a socialist party and a Communist party and everybody knew the difference. Just like Italy and every other non-english-speaking country that I know of Italy Sweden Germany etc. Bernie has to say Democratic socialism or you brainwashed functional morons go insane. Even if he doesn't win at least socialism should be understood for what it is.Socialism and communism are the same thing. That's why the USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was not called the USCR, Union of Soviet Communist Republics. When asked if he is a socialist, Sanders dodges the question by saying he is a democratic socialist, and when asked what the difference is between a socialist and a democratic socialist, he says he just wants to do good things for the people.
Communism is just another word for socialism and democratic socialism is just a lie socialists tell when they enter politics.
"We are all socialists now!"--the president of Finland when ObamaCare passed. Of course he didn't realize what scumbags the GOP are and how duped people like you are. That's why we are the only country in the modern world without a living wage health Care daycare paid parental leave cheap college and training great infrastructure and vacations, and mainly taxing the rich more percentage wise than everyone else. This is a joke and a disaster wake up. Socialism as understood everywhere but conservative propaganda world is simply Fair capitalism with a good safety net and always democratic. Change the channel
According to Wikipedia,
Socialism is a political, social and economic philosophy encompassing a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership[1][2][3] of the means of production[4][5][6][7] and workers' self-management of enterprise,[8][9] including the political theories and movements associated with such systems.[10] Social ownership can be public, collective or cooperative ownership, or citizen ownership of equity.[11] There are many varieties of socialism and there is no single definition encapsulating all of them,[12] with social ownership being the common element shared by its various forms.[1][13][14]
Socialism - Wikipedia
If Bernie only wanted a welfare state with more generous subsidies, why would he have been calling himself a socialist all of these years? bernie is a true socialist and democratic socialism is a contradiction in terms. Socialism always restricts freedom even if that restriction is not a primary purpose of the socialists. Take, for example, Bernie's Medicare for All proposal, a great slogan, but a sinister power grab by the government. Medicare for All would actually cost more than private insurance, so Bernie proposes to keep costs down by cutting pay to healthcare providers by 40%, but what doctors would want to join Bernie's program if they had to take such a steep cut in pay? Very few, so why would patients want an insurance program that did not have the best doctors? They wouldn't, so Bernie proposes to ban private insurance so doctors would have no choice but to take the pay cut. So Bernie gets to tell doctors where they can work, what they can do and what they will paid, and if they don't like it, they don't work. This is an example of socialism restricting the freedom choice of both doctors and patients, and if Bernie were to be elected, this will be but the first step in a socialist takeover of the US.