Who is Bernie Sanders?

[Votto]

It's interesting how far the socialist movement has come in the US in such a short time. .

Very true, and it's clear that more and more people are open to discussing it, defending it, and even promoting it. So why is that? I think the Right has had a significant hand in this. It could be argued that constantly screaming "socialism" every time a government program is mentioned has made many people think, "well, I think that program is okay, and they're calling it socialism, so maybe socialism is okay too."

Not to mention that many have noticed the hypocrisy of "say 'NO' to socialism, but don't touch my Medicare".

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Republicans love Private Enterprise and hate Socialism and they adore Insurance Companies.

They don't realize that Insurance is a Socialistic endeavor.

Money is collected from many and disbursed to the few who need it.

The very definition of Socialism.

And the companies get a profit on top for organizing the whole thing.

But the very heart of the Industry is SOCIALISM.

Apparently in your plane of existence socialism has a completely different meaning than it does in the one that the rest of humanity occupies.

Please explain how insurance is an example of public ownership and control of the means of production.

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Like so many wrong headed right wingers you have mixed up " socialism " and " communism ".

A socialist is a communist without gonads.

 

[francoHFW]

Very true, and it's clear that more and more people are open to discussing it, defending it, and even promoting it. So why is that? I think the Right has had a significant hand in this. It could be argued that constantly screaming "socialism" every time a government program is mentioned has made many people think, "well, I think that program is okay, and they're calling it socialism, so maybe socialism is okay too."

Not to mention that many have noticed the hypocrisy of "say 'NO' to socialism, but don't touch my Medicare".

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Republicans love Private Enterprise and hate Socialism and they adore Insurance Companies.

They don't realize that Insurance is a Socialistic endeavor.

Money is collected from many and disbursed to the few who need it.

The very definition of Socialism.

And the companies get a profit on top for organizing the whole thing.

But the very heart of the Industry is SOCIALISM.

Apparently in your plane of existence socialism has a completely different meaning than it does in the one that the rest of humanity occupies.

Please explain how insurance is an example of public ownership and control of the means of production.

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Like so many wrong headed right wingers you have mixed up " socialism " and " communism ".

A socialist is a communist without gonads.

Socialism has been defined around the world since at least WWII as always democratic, basically fair capitalism with a good safety net and sometimes nationalization of certain necessary-for-life industries (Health care, energy). Only Cold War dinosaur Pub dupes have your idiotic problem.

 

[dani67]

How Bernie Sanders learned to be a real politician

"Sanders was struggling to square his revolutionary zeal with his overwhelming rejection at the polls—and this was reflected in a regular ritual. Many mornings, Sanders would greet his roommate with a simple statement: "We're not crazy."

It's interesting how far the socialist movement has come in the US in such a short time. People who were once considered loons are now running the government.

you are anti jewish

 

[conserveguy877]

Sanders offers the utopia you can't get for free. Though he claims to offer things for free? Yeah, he's a fake Ron Paul on crack.

 

[Preacher]

How Bernie Sanders learned to be a real politician

"Sanders was struggling to square his revolutionary zeal with his overwhelming rejection at the polls—and this was reflected in a regular ritual. Many mornings, Sanders would greet his roommate with a simple statement: "We're not crazy."

It's interesting how far the socialist movement has come in the US in such a short time. People who were once considered loons are now running the government.

He is a Senator from Vermont

 

[Votto]

How Bernie Sanders learned to be a real politician

"Sanders was struggling to square his revolutionary zeal with his overwhelming rejection at the polls—and this was reflected in a regular ritual. Many mornings, Sanders would greet his roommate with a simple statement: "We're not crazy."

It's interesting how far the socialist movement has come in the US in such a short time. People who were once considered loons are now running the government.

you are anti jewish

Wait.....wut?

How did you get anti-Jewish from this?

 

[konradv]

A socialist is a communist without gonads.

A libertarian is a liberal without a brain.

 

[LogikAndReazon]

If its free, you know its a great idea !
And a really novel way to get the votes of clueless imbeciles....... Like occutard millenials ....
Forward Neo-Coms !!!!!!!!

 

[Indeependent]

How Bernie Sanders learned to be a real politician

"Sanders was struggling to square his revolutionary zeal with his overwhelming rejection at the polls—and this was reflected in a regular ritual. Many mornings, Sanders would greet his roommate with a simple statement: "We're not crazy."

It's interesting how far the socialist movement has come in the US in such a short time. People who were once considered loons are now running the government.

you are anti jewish

Wait.....wut?

How did you get anti-Jewish from this?

In The World According to Dani67, everything, including Orange Juice, "is Jew" or "anti Jewish".

 

[Votto]

How Bernie Sanders learned to be a real politician

"Sanders was struggling to square his revolutionary zeal with his overwhelming rejection at the polls—and this was reflected in a regular ritual. Many mornings, Sanders would greet his roommate with a simple statement: "We're not crazy."

It's interesting how far the socialist movement has come in the US in such a short time. People who were once considered loons are now running the government.

"We're not crazy!"

 

[Votto]

How Bernie Sanders learned to be a real politician

"Sanders was struggling to square his revolutionary zeal with his overwhelming rejection at the polls—and this was reflected in a regular ritual. Many mornings, Sanders would greet his roommate with a simple statement: "We're not crazy."

It's interesting how far the socialist movement has come in the US in such a short time. People who were once considered loons are now running the government.

you are anti jewish

Wait.....wut?

How did you get anti-Jewish from this?

In The World According to Dani67, everything, including Orange Juice, "is Jew" or "anti Jewish".

 

[Wry Catcher]

Looks like the people of Iowa didn't fall for all the efforts to assassinate the character of Sen. Sanders, and the effort of many of those above to comport his idea of democratic socialism into the totalitarianism which exists in N. Korea, Russia and China.

Fear mongering is the game of those who cannot or will not consider how and why so many Iowans supported Sen. Sanders.

The greater threat to our nation and its people is not the rising debt, that is a canard; it is the attack on ideas and the failure to define problems and allow civil debate to consider the universe of potential solutions.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Who here agrees with this quote from Bernie?

"The incident only hardened Sanders' skepticism of corporate power. Television, Sanders wrote in 1979, was a particularly pernicious evil, rooted in "the well-tested Hitlerian principle that people should be treated as morons and bombarded over and over again with the same simple phrases and ideas." Television stations were "attempting to brainwash people into submission and helplessness"

Is corporate America equivalent to Nazism? Could they be purified by having government take them over?

Funny how he repeats the same simple phrase and idea over and over

"Free shit for everyone. Free shit for everyone. Free shit for everyone!!!"

 

[Iceweasel]

The kinds of things he's saying aren't that far removed from what the Tea Party is saying.

You're on powerful stimulants. They are polar opposites.

 

[Mac1958]

Looks like the people of Iowa didn't fall for all the efforts to assassinate the character of Sen. Sanders, and the effort of many of those above to comport his idea of democratic socialism into the totalitarianism which exists in N. Korea, Russia and China.

As I belched in another thread, the conservatives may be shooting themselves and the GOP in the foot with this tactic.

They label virtually any government activity as "socialism", and then people look at that activity and say, "well, I like that program, and if it's socialism, then I like socialism."

Absolutely fascinating to watch. Conservatives had better start paying attention to this.
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[Iceweasel]

Looks like the people of Iowa didn't fall for all the efforts to assassinate the character of Sen. Sanders, and the effort of many of those above to comport his idea of democratic socialism into the totalitarianism which exists in N. Korea, Russia and China.

Fear mongering is the game of those who cannot or will not consider how and why so many Iowans supported Sen. Sanders.

The greater threat to our nation and its people is not the rising debt, that is a canard; it is the attack on ideas and the failure to define problems and allow civil debate to consider the universe of potential solutions.

You've seen no debate or discussion and don't give a shit how deep we bury ourselves in debt. You're another one detached from reality.

 

[Iceweasel]

Looks like the people of Iowa didn't fall for all the efforts to assassinate the character of Sen. Sanders, and the effort of many of those above to comport his idea of democratic socialism into the totalitarianism which exists in N. Korea, Russia and China.

As I belched in another thread, the conservatives may be shooting themselves and the GOP in the foot with this tactic.

They label virtually any government activity as "socialism", and then people look at that activity and say, "well, I like that program, and if it's socialism, then I like socialism."

Absolutely fascinating to watch. Conservatives had better start paying attention to this.
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You're a liar. What kind of psychological need are you fulfilling by sitting on your high horse and slinging shit around left and right. No one on the right has called all government socialism, you made that up.

 

[Mac1958]

Looks like the people of Iowa didn't fall for all the efforts to assassinate the character of Sen. Sanders, and the effort of many of those above to comport his idea of democratic socialism into the totalitarianism which exists in N. Korea, Russia and China.

As I belched in another thread, the conservatives may be shooting themselves and the GOP in the foot with this tactic.

They label virtually any government activity as "socialism", and then people look at that activity and say, "well, I like that program, and if it's socialism, then I like socialism."

Absolutely fascinating to watch. Conservatives had better start paying attention to this.
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You're a liar. What kind of psychological need are you fulfilling by sitting on your high horse and slinging shit around left and right. No one on the right has called all government socialism, you made that up.

You're consumed by the echo chamber.

This stuff is pretty obvious to anyone who is not.

Thinking for yourself is not sitting on a fence or a high horse, it's just thinking for yourself. Those who do are in the majority.
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[Iceweasel]

Socialism has been defined around the world since at least WWII as always democratic, basically fair capitalism with a good safety net and sometimes nationalization of certain necessary-for-life industries (Health care, energy). Only Cold War dinosaur Pub dupes have your idiotic problem.

I should put this in my signature because the left is constantly re-branding socialism to make the sale.

Definition of SOCIALISM
: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

That isn't democratic by any stretch of the imagination, nor has it ever been fair. Power corrupts and those that have it will misuse it. Our only hope for prosperity is to defeat the lying left before they do so much harm we're screwed for life, because no amount of evidence or examples will sway them from their foolhardy beliefs.

 

[Iceweasel]

Looks like the people of Iowa didn't fall for all the efforts to assassinate the character of Sen. Sanders, and the effort of many of those above to comport his idea of democratic socialism into the totalitarianism which exists in N. Korea, Russia and China.

As I belched in another thread, the conservatives may be shooting themselves and the GOP in the foot with this tactic.

They label virtually any government activity as "socialism", and then people look at that activity and say, "well, I like that program, and if it's socialism, then I like socialism."

Absolutely fascinating to watch. Conservatives had better start paying attention to this.
.

You're a liar. What kind of psychological need are you fulfilling by sitting on your high horse and slinging shit around left and right. No one on the right has called all government socialism, you made that up.

You're consumed by the echo chamber.

This stuff is pretty obvious to anyone who is not.

Thinking for yourself is not sitting on a fence or a high horse, it's just thinking for yourself. Those who do are in the majority.

'Consumed by the echo chamber' is the chant of the mindless groping for credibility.