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I don't know why anyone would want a socialist here in the US. I grew up in the cold war, but it seems that I'm the only one who remembers this. USSR was socialist. Failed experiment. Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler, and Castro were socialists and some had a "revolution". Is this something we want? What about that experiment that happened in China? Nobody thinks of that these days? Has anybody read Marx? Does this not frighten anyone? People are like, oh ho hum he's a socialist. I say "WHAT????!!!" and I'm alone.
And, since when did the government do anything well? These are people who want government control of all this stuff? Did you have a good experience at the DMV? Government control of college, health care, economics, and basically everything in our lives horrifies me. And when was the last time Sweden had a major breakthrough in the development of medications or science or anything else?
I don't know what this world is coming to.
If you grew up during the cold war, you probably enjoyed exactly the type of democratic socialist policies Sanders is talking about. Public education, cheap college education, social security, medicare etc etc. Most people really support these New Deal-type policies and Sanders is the New Dealer we need. Enough of the crony capitalism. Yes to free enterprise and a strong social safety net.
When I think of a socialist, I think of higher taxes and more intrusive centralized government.
Bernie has openly stated he's a socialist. So, why do you support someone who openly states he will raise your taxes and expand government?
Because I respect him and I like his ideas. I don't mind paying taxes, as long as they support us as a people, not being used as corporate welfare. I have spent a lot of time in Europe and I like how they run their countries, wish we could take their good ideas and implement them here. Labels like socialist do not scare me.
And when was the last time Sweden had a major breakthrough in the development of medications or science or anything else?
I don't know what this world is coming to.
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