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Aeolus451 said:
Chris Hu said:

There is already massive amount of socialism in the US just the wrong kind since its mostly in the form of massive bailouts and unnecessary subsidies.  But keep on listing to snake oil sales people and religious hypocrites if that what makes you happy more power to you.   

Sure, we have social safety nets but none could be called socialism. Those programs can be attributed to good ol' fashioned human decency. Down on your luck? Sure, we'll help out for a bit. That's just trying to be to your fellow countryman. Corporate bail outs aren't socialism unless it leads to the government owning the company they gave it to.

Socialism is what Venezuela attempted by seizing companies and turning it into such a 💩 that people ate all of their pets. Equality in squalor. Btw,  just to clarify I'm not saying the people there are bad but their leaders are.

You seem reasonable here, but this completely negates your point about Bernie Sanders being a "socialist". When has he done something to make you think he wants a Venezuelan model? The countries he most often refers to as a source of inspiration are nordic countries. Which are decidedly not socialist in any strict sense of the word.

Last edited by Teeqoz - on 20 January 2018