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Bernie is not a Socialist, he is a SOCIAL DEMOCRAT!
February 15, 2016 at 3:25 am
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Socialism Definition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism
Social Democracy Definition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_socialism
Comparison:
https://spfaust.wordpress.com/2011/06/12...ifference/
I think this needs to be made more clear by Bernie, or to the American people somehow. Too many people are mislead by the media's portrayal in to thinking he's a Socialist. He's not. He never said he was. People simply jumped to conclusions from the get-go when they heard him say "Social".
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RE: Bernie is not a Socialist, he is a SOCIAL DEMOCRAT!
February 15, 2016 at 3:45 am
Yup. It's lazy and duplicitous, therefore the GOP excels at it.
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RE: Bernie is not a Socialist, he is a SOCIAL DEMOCRAT!
February 15, 2016 at 4:05 am
You're preaching to the wrong crowd, brother. 
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RE: Bernie is not a Socialist, he is a SOCIAL DEMOCRAT!
February 15, 2016 at 4:16 am
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He is a socialist, though. He just happens to be a "democratic socialist". See below why I'm justified in using the quotation marks.
Socialism
Quote:The socialist political movement includes a diverse array of political philosophies that originated amid the revolutionary movements of the mid-to-late 1700s out of general concern for the social problems that were associated with capitalism.[10] In addition to the debate over markets and planning, the varieties of socialism differ in their form of social ownership, how management is to be organized within productive institutions, and the role of the state in constructing socialism.[2][10] Core dichotomies associated with these concerns include reformism versus revolutionary socialism, and state socialism versus libertarian socialism. Socialist politics has been both centralist and decentralized; internationalist and nationalist in orientation; organized through political parties and opposed to party politics; at times overlapping with trade unions and at other times independent of, and critical of, unions; and present in both industrialized and developing countries.[26] While all tendencies of socialism consider themselves democratic, the term "democratic socialism" is often used to highlight its advocates' high value for democratic processes and political systems and usually to draw contrast to other socialist tendencies they may perceive to be undemocratic in their approach.
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RE: Bernie is not a Socialist, he is a SOCIAL DEMOCRAT!
February 15, 2016 at 4:20 am
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Also, you do realise the two definitions you linked to are, in fact, one and the same, right? I think you meant to link to this one instead, the second time around:
Democratic Socialism
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RE: Bernie is not a Socialist, he is a SOCIAL DEMOCRAT!
February 15, 2016 at 4:42 am
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In this here country we have a Social Democrat party and a Democratic socialist party. The former refuse to work with the latter because some of them had ties with the ruling party of the GDR. This is why the left never gets a majority at the federal level 
Though Sanders would probably feel at home in both the leftish wing of the former and the realist wing of the latter.
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RE: Bernie is not a Socialist, he is a SOCIAL DEMOCRAT!
February 15, 2016 at 4:44 am
I'm voting Social Darwinist Party.
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RE: Bernie is not a Socialist, he is a SOCIAL DEMOCRAT!
February 15, 2016 at 4:46 am
(February 15, 2016 at 4:44 am)robvalue Wrote: I'm voting Social Darwinist Party.
I support the Democratic Darwinist party. That's the one where you get to vote people off the island, right?
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RE: Bernie is not a Socialist, he is a SOCIAL DEMOCRAT!
February 15, 2016 at 4:51 am
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RE: Bernie is not a Socialist, he is a SOCIAL DEMOCRAT!
February 15, 2016 at 5:39 am
I liked the first season of Survivor where they put out the torches of the islander that lost.
"Snuff'd em out." I'd say.
I miss that.
Also, Bernie rules.
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