Does Bernie Know Dems Need A Miracle?

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(02-26-2020, 07:14 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Then why has he supported socialist countries like Nicaragua, Cuba, and the Soviet Union?  

He hasn't supported socialist countries. He has said positive things about them in the past. You can say "This regime is terrible, but they did promote literacy for its citizens, which is a good thing." I'm not sure why you think that's controversial. 

Quote:Social programs that help the needy are different from social programs that control everything and full government intervention because those countries fail.

Tell me about it. I can't stand the fact that our government has total control of policing in this country. They do the same with fire fighting and public road building and maintenance. It's really quite absurd if you ask me. If the government keeps intervening in these social programs, we are bound to collapse in on ourselves.

And don't even get me started on how much the government intervenes on my attempts to rob and murder people. It really makes me sick.

Like, what are governments even for? Definitely not to help and protect its citizens. That shit should be left to the free market. If you can't afford to protect yourself, then you deserve to die on the street, in my opinion.

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Quote:Bernie thinks they are and proves that by calling them socialist countries because he has no clue what he's talking about.
Once again, Bernie has no clue what he's talking about because those aren't socialist countries. 

So you agree that Bernie isn't a socialist and he is conflating democratic socialism and social democracy? Awesome! We got you there. I'm proud of your willingness to change your mind, Brad. I wish Bernie would appropriately label himself and his platform as a social democrat as well. 

Unfortunately, if he changed his self label now, the MSM would just accuse him of backpedaling to avoid the stigma of Socialism. So he's in quite a pickle. But I'm glad that you've admitted freely that he is not, in fact, a socialist. And neither are the countries he wants to model our healthcare off of.