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Paper_McGibblets said:
I reread it. Again, please explain how what I wrote translates to I don't know what fascism means.
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Of course you don't recognize that you don't know what fascism is. I provided you with two links. Educate yourself. Don't be lazy. And don't bother responding to this post until you've thoroughly read the links I provided. Stop wasting my time
 
♪alt13 said:
You and Bernie need to stop with that nonsense. He is not a democratic socialist! Socialism is an economic system. The word means something quite specific. It does not mean the implementation of social programs. It doesn't. At most you could call Bernie a social democrat but certainly never a socialist of any kind.

Check out this link. It's not a perfect explanation but it is a short read

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2011/1/28/939592/-
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Wrong.

Democratic socialism is known as both a political ideology and economic system creating the Nordic model that Scandinavian countries use today. I think it's important for Americans to learn about these forms of government. Too often we assume anything to the left of Fox News as being an endorsement of Communism equating Denmark or Finland to the USSR, North Korea, or Venezuela.
 
The Thriller said:
Wrong.

Democratic socialism is known as both a political ideology and economic system creating the Nordic model that Scandinavian countries use today. I think it's important for Americans to learn about these forms of government. Too often we assume anything to the left of Fox News as being an endorsement of Communism equating Denmark or Finland to the USSR, North Korea, or Venezuela.
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No you are wrong those are social democratic nations. There is a difference. Those countries are still capitalist nations. A major tenet of socialism is the collectivist ion of the means of production. Calling the Nordic countries socialist is silly. They are capitalist nations with a heavy dose of social programs.
 
The Thriller said:
Of course you don't recognize that you don't know what fascism is. I provided you with two links. Educate yourself. Don't be lazy. And don't bother responding to this post until you've thoroughly read the links I provided. Stop wasting my time
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Yeah, Ok, cool, simple-minded-dude. Welcome to the block party.
 
♪alt13 said:
No you are wrong those are social democratic nations. There is a difference. Those countries are still capitalist nations. A major tenet of socialism is the collectivist ion of the means of production. Calling the Nordic countries socialist is silly. They are capitalist nations with a heavy dose of social programs.
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I agree that the Scandinavian countries are more accurately called social democracies. Still, Bernie does self-identify as a democratic socialist. He catered to and was supported by the Democratic Socialists of America which is an activist organization to the left of what are commonly called social democrats. Here’s their website:

http://www.dsausa.org/about_dsa

Even though his heart may be with the democratic socialists, as a practical matter, Sanders campaigned to govern as a social democrat or, in American terms, a modern version of a New Deal Democrat. He actually cribbed many of his economic ideals from FDR’s 1944 State of the Union speech, the high water mark of the New Deal.
 
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