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Teeqoz on 20 January 2018
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Aeolus451 said:
Teeqoz said:

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.

I've read and watched interviews, debates and saw comments that lead me to believe that he is. Too many fixate on the overly simplistic definition of it that they can't see the trees for the forest. What would the implementation of socialism look like policy-wise in the us? What would those policies be? 

To some of the others, when I'm talking about socialism, it doesn't mean that I'm talking about anything with social in it. If it's that easy to get people to conflates things, I might start using social with the things the left doesn't like. 😹

Just because I don't like socialism (because it's too idealistic and authoritarian), doesn't mean that I'm against social safety nets and the like. It just depends on the policy.

So what are you even implying about Bernie Sanders? Do you think he's socialist or not? Are the nordic countries socialist? If you use socialism in a non-standard meaning of the word, you sort of have to clarify what definition you're using. Has Bernie made any comments that made you think he wants to collectivize all US companies?