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The Velveteen Ocelot

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1. They'd better ditch the word "socialism" altogether.

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Wed Jun 12, 2019, 08:18 PM

Jun 2019

Call themselves FDR Democrats, for example, but the word "socialism" (even apart from being inaccurate as applied to American social programs) is anathema. Too many voters associate it, correctly or not, with Soviet-style collectivism. It's political poison. Any candidate who identifies him/herself as a socialist of any kind is shooting him/herself in the foot. People won't listen to complex explanations about economics and how Democratic socialists don't really want people to move to collective farms.

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Dem's need to explain "Socialism" to Americans [View all] Miigwech Jun 2019 OP

They'd better ditch the word "socialism" altogether. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #1

Exactly!!! discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2019 #4

Republicans won't though, they will fill the vacuum with their ignorance ck4829 Jun 2019 #7

this isn't going to happen. they'd be better advised to explain it best they can. any linguists Kurt V. Jun 2019 #8

Most of those bandying it about don't know much about it either, its history in particular, and emmaverybo Jun 2019 #11

its a construct design to promote one candidate who has never been and never will be msongs Jun 2019 #2

Keep government out of Medicare voters there is alot of them MattP Jun 2019 #3

why not just talk about issues ? JI7 Jun 2019 #5

Can't ditch what the GOP is going to hammer at like McCarthy at communists. They're on the Karadeniz Jun 2019 #6

Dems do NOT need to explain Socialism to Americans Fresh_Start Jun 2019 #9

I haven't heard any Democratic candidate talk about socialism, other than to disavow it sop Jun 2019 #10

Disagree. What **we** need to do is slap the Republican's version upside the head JHB Jun 2019 #12

When Democrats are attempting to explain "socialism"... kentuck Jun 2019 #13

Not if done correctly Miigwech Jun 2019 #14

Well, the correct way to do it is to attack the Republicans... JHB Jun 2019 #18

100% accurate tymorial Jun 2019 #16

It wont matter. tymorial Jun 2019 #15

Why? Democrats aren't socialists. emulatorloo Jun 2019 #17