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shanny

(6,709 posts)
5. I think you are on the right track
Sun Jul 22, 2018, 07:21 PM
Jul 2018

and that our country has been on the wrong one for far too long. Obscene income inequality should be proof enough of that for anyone.

Socialism vs Capitalism? Really? [View all] DemocracyMouse Jul 2018 OP
You lost the argument when you used the phrase "People's". brooklynite Jul 2018 #1
You missed the concept DemocracyMouse Jul 2018 #10
You might want to edit that DFW Jul 2018 #15
Grape for being is what I need right now! Political language is stressful! DemocracyMouse Jul 2018 #29
I think if you use the term "people's" you might as well just call it socialism or communism The Genealogist Jul 2018 #2
Government of the people, by the people... nothing wrong with "people" DemocracyMouse Jul 2018 #30
But Trump gets to refer to "enemy of the people" whenever he likes. I get it. n/t Orsino Jul 2018 #32
So all these words, once basic and beautiful, are off limits? DemocracyMouse Jul 2018 #3
I think you are on the right track shanny Jul 2018 #5
You'd have to go back a way DFW Jul 2018 #19
Power to the people, right on! oberliner Jul 2018 #4
Thank you, Oberliner! DemocracyMouse Jul 2018 #6
It was quite a college experience oberliner Jul 2018 #7
Fear of socialism is how the Nazis came to power. docgee Jul 2018 #8
"Socialist" is part of the Nazi party's full name DFW Jul 2018 #12
Wow. Crack a history book. docgee Jul 2018 #21
I'm an unabashed socialist. johnp3907 Jul 2018 #9
Then help with the poetics and the modeling DemocracyMouse Jul 2018 #13
While I personally like "People's Economy", etc. I also get the objections to it. scarletwoman Jul 2018 #11
Citizenostructure? DemocracyMouse Jul 2018 #16
Why not Citizen-Centered infrastructure? nt scarletwoman Jul 2018 #18
That's too long for a bumper sticker TexasTowelie Jul 2018 #20
Yeah, we could call the US a People's Democratic Republic... Wounded Bear Jul 2018 #14
Please re-read my proposal DemocracyMouse Jul 2018 #17
The M$M is now pushing this capitalist-socialist split of the Dem party now. docgee Jul 2018 #22
My wife and I are 1%ers; are we part of the "people"? brooklynite Jul 2018 #23
Why are you doing their work for them? bitterross Jul 2018 #25
"People's ...." anything sounds too much like Communism/Socialism. bitterross Jul 2018 #24
Good grief.... can we use "citizens' infrastructure"? DemocracyMouse Jul 2018 #26
I get it. We can be pretty exasperating here. bitterross Jul 2018 #27
How about a Moral Economy? Ron Green Jul 2018 #28
Amen to that! DemocracyMouse Jul 2018 #31
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