Better have a cocktail, it's going to get 1000 times worse. nt (Reply #21)

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21. Better have a cocktail, it's going to get 1000 times worse. nt

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40 replies	Author	Time	Post
God, I am so tired of the confusion/discussion/obfuscation/ignorance about "socialism". [View all]	ProfessorPlum	Feb 2020	OP
Well said. Bernie, Elizabeth and the rest are running on	PatrickforO	Feb 2020	#1
Bernie should launch a campaign to educate the masses on proper terminology and usage	dalton99a	Feb 2020	#2
I think that is a great idea	ProfessorPlum	Feb 2020	#3
and	handmade34	Feb 2020	#36
One problem that Sanders has not been able to do so	delisen	Feb 2020	#8
If we have to keep explaining it to people,	murielm99	Feb 2020	#4
Maybe it would be easier if the largest democratic socialist organization in the US would go away?	Sancho	Feb 2020	#5
Here's a very simple definition of democratic socialism that I recently read:	Tracer	Feb 2020	#6
I like it!	ProfessorPlum	Feb 2020	#11
and	handmade34	Feb 2020	#38
We are currently heading to an almost feudal system,	5X	Feb 2020	#7
me too	ProfessorPlum	Feb 2020	#12
Thank you. Need this	Arazi	Feb 2020	#9
Do you really think the huge number of low info voters	Alliepoo	Feb 2020	#10
no, I don't think they know the difference	ProfessorPlum	Feb 2020	#13
I fear you're wasting your time, when Bernie praises Fidel Castro and Soviet subways it just ...	Baclava	Feb 2020	#14
when he praises soviet subways and then condemns soviet human rights violations	ProfessorPlum	Feb 2020	#15
I honestly don't think it's going to get beyond that word-	Alliepoo	Feb 2020	#16
Great post	malaise	Feb 2020	#17
You think you're sick of it now....	Happy Hoosier	Feb 2020	#18
People are afraid of taxes I think	ismnotwasm	Feb 2020	#19
The GOP attacked FDR and the New Deal we 'socialism'. They attacked LBJ and Medicare	pampango	Feb 2020	#20
Better have a cocktail, it's going to get 1000 times worse. nt	cry baby	Feb 2020	#21
You are so right...	VarryOn	Feb 2020	#34
The various interpretations are as silly...	LanternWaste	Feb 2020	#22
eat this with your smug condescension	ProfessorPlum	Feb 2020	#25
not nice... n/t	handmade34	Feb 2020	#39
Recommended.	H2O Man	Feb 2020	#23
Stand by. You ain't seen nuthin' yet.	NurseJackie	Feb 2020	#24
me to	evertonfc	Feb 2020	#26
Paul Krugman wrote today : Sanders is not a Socialist nt	Fiendish Thingy	Feb 2020	#27
We need Bernie to say it. nt	pnwmom	Feb 2020	#29
So why does Bernie insist on sticking with the brand, when he knows he doesn't accept	pnwmom	Feb 2020	#28
Imagine how voters who aren't into politics will feel about it.	Squinch	Feb 2020	#30
Socialism is whatever the people controlling the narrative say it is.	Thomas Hurt	Feb 2020	#31
So you're tired.	Loki Liesmith	Feb 2020	#32
Cool can I use this to update wiki	MyNameGoesHere	Feb 2020	#33
Socialists have been involved in a lot of great things in this country. Farmers being able to	brewens	Feb 2020	#35
Outside of Sanders, AOC and their friends, who else uses the second definition?	brooklynite	Feb 2020	#37
Locking	JudyM	Feb 2020	#40

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