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Related: About this forum"Socialism!" by Paul Krugman at the NY Times
Socialism!by Paul Krugman at the NY Times
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/socialism/?smid=tw-NytimesKrugman&seid=auto
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I have to say, the gnashing of teeth and rending of garments on the right comes as a surprise. We knew that they would be upset; but the extent to which they were really, truly unprepared for the obvious possibility that Obama would be reelected is remarkable. I suspect that it comes down to two things: self-definition in terms of always being the people with the power, and the right-wing information bubble, which left them completely unaware of information they didnt want to hear.
One thing that caught my eye, in particular, has been the wailing that Americans have turned socialist. (Conservatives havent failed America America has failed conservatives!) Thus John Hinderaker of Bush is a genius fame declares,
To me, the most telling incident of the campaign season was a poll that found that among young Americans, socialism enjoys a higher favorability rating than free enterprise. How can this possibly be, given the catastrophic failure of socialism, and the corresponding success of free enterprise, throughout history? The answer is that conservatives have entirely lost control over the culture.
Oddly, he doesnt even seem to consider the more obvious possibility: after decades in which right-wingers have attacked long-established institutions Social Security, progressive taxation, unemployment insurance as socialism, a lot of young people now believe them, and think that this socialism thing really isnt so bad. A case in point: Sheldon Adelsons Israeli newspaper just ran the headline America chooses socialism, referring to the reelection of a president who enacted a health care reform originally proposed by the Heritage Foundation.
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"Socialism!" by Paul Krugman at the NY Times (Original Post)
applegrove
Nov 2012
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Larkspur
(12,804 posts)1. Israel's healthcare system is more socialistic than Obama's
Oh, the irony!
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)2. Our street lights are socialist
Our library and fire department is socialist
applegrove
(118,677 posts)3. We are all mixed market economies and have been for 70 years.
Ebadlun
(336 posts)4. Give that man a cabinet position