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DemocracyMouse

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2. Yes, but there's a unifying vision to be had...

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 23, 2018, 09:54 PM

Jul 2018

...which begs for new labels that transcend the old ones... my inclination is to shed the dichotomy of socialism VERSUS capitalism and embrace a new model where the former informs and feeds the latter, rendering it civilized.

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A Radical Democratic Center? [View all] DemocracyMouse Jul 2018 OP

So it's the LABELS that get us into trouble, elleng Jul 2018 #1

Yes, but there's a unifying vision to be had... DemocracyMouse Jul 2018 #2

Thanks for the thoughts. I agree 'socialism v capitalism' should be shed but elleng Jul 2018 #3

What do you mean by burdensome? DemocracyMouse Jul 2018 #4

Difficult; think about history, education, economics; how taught. elleng Jul 2018 #5

Society hasn't caught up with what I studied in grad school 30 years ago! DemocracyMouse Jul 2018 #6