Professor Emeritus

Veteran
Poster of the Year
Supporter
Joined
Jan 5, 2015
Messages
51,330
Reputation
19,731
Daps
203,942
Reppin
the ether
That's what socialism actually is.

AOC, Ro Khanna, Bernie Sanders are not socialists. They are social democrats.

In America (largely due to GOP propaganda), socialist has been perverted to mean "higher taxes, big government, more spending".

Not really. "actual" socialism is the public (usually through the government but not necessarily) controlling the means of production rather than them being in private hands.

It doesn't imply anything about people not working or wages being flat, though the public could choose towards that.
 

FAH1223

Go Wizards, Go Terps, Go Packers!
Staff member
Supporter
Joined
May 16, 2012
Messages
74,111
Reputation
8,621
Daps
223,013
Reppin
WASHINGTON, DC
Politico is so fukking dramatic. Trump out here fukkin the country up for his Russian handlers and they worried about AOC ideas. :stopitslime: MSM is the worst.

They also are comparing her social media use to Trump which is BS.
 

NY's #1 Draft Pick

Veteran
Supporter
Joined
Apr 30, 2012
Messages
30,852
Reputation
6,680
Daps
100,784
Reppin
305
They also are comparing her social media use to Trump which is BS.
:russ::mjlol: AOC using it like a regular millennial would and explaining her daily process and getting acclimated to Congress. Trump is telling everyone who doesn’t agree with him to fukk themselves. How is that comparable?
 

Professor Emeritus

Veteran
Poster of the Year
Supporter
Joined
Jan 5, 2015
Messages
51,330
Reputation
19,731
Daps
203,942
Reppin
the ether
They also are comparing her social media use to Trump which is BS.

:russ::mjlol: AOC using it like a regular millennial would and explaining her daily process and getting acclimated to Congress. Trump is telling everyone who doesn’t agree with him to fukk themselves. How is that comparable?

There was a poster here who claimed that Trump and AOC were the same cause they both use social media, when I asked him what was the same about how they used it all he could say was, "Well, they both use it, that's enough!"
 

King Static X

The Realest King (የተከበረው ንጉሥ)
Supporter
Joined
Aug 18, 2017
Messages
18,257
Reputation
9,117
Daps
88,200
Reppin
Kings County
Not really. "actual" socialism is the public (usually through the government but not necessarily) controlling the means of production rather than them being in private hands.

It doesn't imply anything about people not working or wages being flat, though the public could choose towards that.
I know that. I was just making a general statement.

Anyways, actual socialism is not good. I hope that people don't actually believe that full blown socialism works.
 

Professor Emeritus

Veteran
Poster of the Year
Supporter
Joined
Jan 5, 2015
Messages
51,330
Reputation
19,731
Daps
203,942
Reppin
the ether


So far, most of them have kept their criticism of Ocasio-Cortez private, fearful she’ll sic her massive following on them by firing off a tweet. But a few are engaging with her in the hopes she’ll opt for a different M.O., especially when it comes to trying to take out Democrats in primaries.

"“Long story short, I need you to run for office,” she told progressive activists on the call. “That's really what we need to do to save this country.”

Comments like that got Ocasio-Cortez off on the wrong foot with her colleagues, to say the least.

“It’s not unreasonable for people to wonder” whether she will come after them, said Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.). “I’m choosing not to focus on if she’s going to run someone against someone … but by seeing how we can more effectively work with her and bring her ideas to the table.”"

Two House Democratic sources compared her use of Twitter to Donald Trump’s. Just as congressional Republicans constantly withhold criticism of the president out of fear he’ll unleash a tweet at them, some Democrats have done the same with Ocasio-Cortez.

“People are afraid of her,” said one senior Democratic aide.

"fearful...fear....afraid...." :steviej: She got em so shook establishment dems gonna be moving to the left out of self-preservation alone. :ahh:
 

ELESDEE616

Nikkas snitch on the coli like they name is Kobe
Supporter
Joined
Mar 3, 2017
Messages
5,150
Reputation
-114
Daps
19,608
Reppin
Kobe snitched on Shaq
49748554_2389092604644273_8069333677542211584_n.png.jpg


Out here quoting Watchman, should a never let us in :mjlit:
 
Top