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In reply to the discussion: I wish some people were as unsettled by white nationalists as they are by democratic socialists [View all]GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)55. Actually no. Even absolute monarchies provided those.
Hell, one of the first universal healthcare systems was instituted by the baron Von Bismarck to insure healthy fighting men.
Socialism is the collective ownership of the means of production. Things like factories and such.
Words have meaning.
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I wish some people were as unsettled by white nationalists as they are by democratic socialists [View all]
kpete
Feb 2020
OP
I wish some people were as unsettled by white nationalists as they are by ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATS
still_one
Feb 2020
#1
It isn't a strawman, or you have just been ignoring what he has been saying for years
still_one
Feb 2020
#8
Yeah, I know brunch with Bernie. Spewing tariffs, trade wars, and bringing Russia into NATO
still_one
Feb 2020
#13
wow, I guess I'll need citations for those three things. Please post the links and time stamps
ProfessorPlum
Feb 2020
#15
"Please post the links and time stamps...", fingerprints, blood type, DNA, an passport photo!
George II
Feb 2020
#31
many have had democratically elected socialist parties in charge, but none have been full blown
Celerity
Feb 2020
#33