There's No Such Thing as 'Democratic Socialism'

[Trump Gurl]

There's No Such Thing as 'Democratic Socialism'

https://www.americanthinker.com/arti...socialism.html

“Democratic socialism,” as envisioned by its proponents, doesn’t exist. Not in the real world. It’s just another pipe-dream fantasy with which hucksters like Ocasio-Cortez hope to fool unsuspecting, uninformed, entitlement-minded voters. Or worse yet, themselves.

Democrats love to slap labels on thing to make you think they are something else.

 

[Ktoyou]

Under Socialism the State has the power and owns the means of production. Wages may vary, and that is the difference between Socialism and Communism where all wages are the same/ note: no country even had real Communism. Since a Democracy means the people can use the vote to elect leaders and change policy and since Socialism can only be when the State owns the means of production, then a popular vote to determine government cannot exist.

In that sense Democratic Socialism is an oxymoron.

 

[User Name]

The Nordic model comprises the economic and social policies as well as typical cultural practices common to the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden). This includes a comprehensive welfare state and multi-level collective bargaining, with a high percentage of the workforce unionised and a large percentage of the population employed by the public sector (roughly 30% of the work force).

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model

 

[Ktoyou]

"The three Scandinavian countries are monarchies", just adopt a king or a queen and we are in business. You goofball!:chew:

 

[User Name]

"The three Scandinavian countries are monarchies", just adopt a king or a queen and we are in business. You goofball!:chew:

So what? Finland and Iceland are not monarchies, so what do you have to say about them? Monarchy or not, that has nothing to do with their economic models, "you goofball!":chew:

 

[Ktoyou]

So what? Finland and Iceland are not monarchies, so what do you have to say about them? Monarchy or not, that has nothing to do with their economic models, "you goofball!":chew:

So, you go move there and freeze your butt off. Bernie is too old, just like me, and I am not trying to do anything, which would be difficult for someone my age. Bernie is being foolish, not accepting his advanced age; he should be living down near me, doing old folk things like playing cards and dominoes. If he keeps up the pace he'll have another heart attack.

Time to watch the news now dopie Opie. See you in skieoakie!:hammer:

 

[Trump Gurl]

Under Socialism the State has the power and owns the means of production. Wages may vary, and that is the difference between Socialism and Communism where all wages are the same/ note: no country even had real Communism. Since a Democracy means the people can use the vote to elect leaders and change policy and since Socialism can only be when the State owns the means of production, then a popular vote to determine government cannot exist.

In that sense Democratic Socialism is an oxymoron.

Thank you. You are exactly correct.

 

[Trump Gurl]

The Nordic model comprises the economic and social policies as well as typical cultural practices common to the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden). This includes a comprehensive welfare state and multi-level collective bargaining, with a high percentage of the workforce unionised and a large percentage of the population employed by the public sector (roughly 30% of the work force).

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model

The Nords are the first ones to get angry and point out that they are capitalists. They hate it when Americans use them as an example of socialism.

Danish PM in US: Denmark is not socialist
https://www.thelocal.dk/20151101/danish-pm-in-us-denmark-is-not-socialist
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After seeing his country held up as an example in the US presidential debate, Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen used an address at Harvard to explain the Nordic model to a US audience suddenly very interested in Denmark.
Speaking at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Danish PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen told students that he had “absolutely no wish to interfere the presidential debate in the US” but nonetheless attempted to set the record straight about his country.
"I know that some people in the US associate the Nordic model with some sort of socialism. Therefore I would like to make one thing clear. Denmark is far from a socialist planned economy. Denmark is a market economy,” Rasmussen said.​

 

[User Name]

The Nords are the first ones to get angry and point out that they are capitalists. They hate it when Americans use them as an example of socialism.

Danish PM in US: Denmark is not socialist
https://www.thelocal.dk/20151101/danish-pm-in-us-denmark-is-not-socialist

Right, which is why it's so funny to see you freak out about Bernie, when the Nordic Model is basically all he is proposing here!

A rose, by any other name...Lol...

 

[ok doser]

How Bernie wants to destroy America:

https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/12/lets-not-forget-bernie-sanders-has-a-lot-of-fringe-crazy-plans/

 

[User Name]

How Bernie wants to destroy America:

https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/12...e-crazy-plans/

Trump, and every president before him for decades, has been spending us into a debt hole from which we may never recover. If we are going to go into debt anyway, we might as well spend it on ourselves for a change.

I'll remind you of my thread on Trump's deficits, which have added 3 trillion dollars to the national debt. What have we gotten for it? You can't answer.