The Perilous Mainstreaming of 'Democratic Socialism'

[mystery-ak]

July 3, 2019
The Perilous Mainstreaming of 'Democratic Socialism'
By Rose Tennent

It has been both shocking and terrifying to observe just how far to the left the Democratic Party has moved. While watching the debates last week, it was abundantly clear how radical both the candidates and their policies truly are.

The once-shunned label of “socialist” is now boldly embraced by many on the left. They believe it to be a fairer system than capitalism. But no one stops to think about what it means to have “free” education for all or “free” health care for all. There was scant mention of how we will pay for all the “free” stuff during the debates.

Last week, Joy Behar targeted conservatives and mocked them by saying that the right is blind to the supposed virtues of “democratic-socialism.” She said that Republicans just don’t understand what the word “socialist” means.

We absolutely understand the big-government, redistributionist agenda they are pushing. That is why we are terrified and alarmed to see how the left has embraced it. Liberals love to talk about “free” stuff, but we Republicans take those impossible promises to their logical conclusion: there is no such thing as a free lunch — someone eventually has to pay for it.

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[Fishrrman]

'Democratic Socialism' is a euphemism for something else...

[roamer_1]

No, what is dangerous - far more dangerous, is Republican socialism. and that is growing even more.

[sneakypete]

No, what is dangerous - far more dangerous, is Republican socialism. and that is growing even more.

@roamer_1

There is no such thing.  RINO's are nothing more than Dims who ran as Republicans because that was what they had to do to get elected. The entire Bush Crime Family is an excellent example of this creature.

[roamer_1]

@roamer_1

There is no such thing.  RINO's are nothing more than Dims who ran as Republicans because that was what they had to do to get elected. The entire Bush Crime Family is an excellent example of this creature.

Nah @sneakypete
There has always been a liberal wing in the Republican party, which is back east and big money.
There has also been a moderate wing, also largely back east and in touch with that big money.
Bushes are moderate Republicans, exactly... And no different from McCain't, Dole, or Gerry Ford.

Big corporate
and
Chamber of Commerce.


The only thing that has ever been conservative in the Republican party is the Goldwater/Reagan wing.

Look it up and study the history
They have the money, we have the votes.

But they have always been pushing globalism by corporatism, which differs from the socialist/communist left only in its method.

That is exactly why I have fought so very hard against the conflation of 'Republican' and Conservative.
Because it is a damn lie.

[sneakypete]

Nah @sneakypete
There has always been a liberal wing in the Republican party, which is back east and big money.
There has also been a moderate wing, also largely back east and in touch with that big money.
Bushes are moderate Republicans, exactly... And no different from McCain't, Dole, or Gerry Ford.

Big corporate
and
Chamber of Commerce.

@roamer_1

Bill Gates,Stephen Speilberg,Warren Buffett,etc,etc,etc.

In what way,other than the party label they wear,any different from the RINO's?

The only thing that has ever been conservative in the Republican party is the Goldwater/Reagan wing.

That's partially true,and completely true about the group we call the alleged Republican"leadership".  I may be wrong,but I consider the majority of the Republican voters to be actual conservatives,though. We have just been stymied by not having any actual conservative candidates to vote for for the most part,so they/we vote for the closest thing we can find to a conservative.
 

But they have always been pushing globalism by corporatism, which differs from the socialist/communist left only in its method.

A Politburo is nothing but a corporate board by another name.


 

[roamer_1]

In what way,other than the party label they wear,any different from the RINO's?

Very little @sneakypete

That's partially true,and completely true about the group we call the alleged Republican"leadership".  I may be wrong,but I consider the majority of the Republican voters to be actual conservatives,though. We have just been stymied by not having any actual conservative candidates to vote for for the most part,so they/we vote for the closest thing we can find to a conservative.

The problem with that is an ever-diminishing return. each season has brought candidates just a little further from Conservative principles. And every time y'all settle you'll get even less, till (like now) Conservatism is not held to in the least.

No, I do not think that the most Republicans are Conservative. The term has become synonymous with Republican, and most could not recite a Conservative principle beyond R2L and R2KBA...
Even here, on a Conservative political forum.

A Politburo is nothing but a corporate board by another name.

You've got that right as hell.