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Hortensis

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10. Yes. Those are proven liberal progressive programs, not

Reply to My Pet Orangutan (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 29, 2020, 08:53 PM

Dec 2020

extremist dreams proven not to work.

Or at least in that era they were watching tragedies play out as nations that had fallen to socialist revolutions destroyed themselves.

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Harry Truman explains Socialism.... [View all] pbmus Dec 2020 OP

He's not explaining socialism. He's explaining... JHB Dec 2020 #1

He is certainly not explaining those who identify as socialists. My Pet Orangutan Dec 2020 #3

Yes. Those are proven liberal progressive programs, not Hortensis Dec 2020 #10

Get the message across now. BSdetect Dec 2020 #2

Even Eisenhower got this..... OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2020 #4

None of these listed were socialized. That's why Truman made fun of Hortensis Dec 2020 #11

Biden won the election by laughing off the idea that HE was a Socialist... brooklynite Dec 2020 #5

Specifically which politicians would it "be helpful" to? LanternWaste Dec 2020 #7

Give 'em hell Harry! captain queeg Dec 2020 #6

Why Socialism ? dweller Dec 2020 #8

He wrote that in 1949 but died in 1955, so he didn't live to see Hortensis Dec 2020 #12

Which the Big Con and his trumpers and trumpets tried to do to America... pbmus Dec 2020 #13

We already had our revolution, and peoples around the planet Hortensis Dec 2020 #14

Falling oil prices, US economic sanctions, corruption, etc. progressoid Dec 2020 #21

Of course it is. But it'd be outrageously dishonest Hortensis Dec 2020 #22

The police state stage is not unique to socialism. progressoid Dec 2020 #23

And Nazis. moondust Dec 2020 #9

They were never truly socialist. They just used the word because socialists at the time was liked rockfordfile Dec 2020 #18

That's the purpose: repeat a positive term as if it's negative, over and over erronis Dec 2020 #15

Anyone who can't tell the difference between authoritarian socialism and democratic socialism Maisondeschatsnoirs Dec 2020 #16

Well, for one no nations exist with democratic socialist governments. Hortensis Dec 2020 #19

Charles Koch's worst nightmare. NEOBuckeye Dec 2020 #17

Truth-Telling Hell. czarjak Dec 2020 #20

Harry Nails It colsohlibgal Dec 2020 #24