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Ian's avatar

The biggest act of socialism is socialising the debt after the various financial crises.

Kevin Wood's avatar

I have met the commies and they are us!

Cartero Atómico's avatar

Who needs communism when we already have a Central Planning Committe at the Federal Reserve and a Palantir surveillance system deep in bed with our "capitalist government" that would have been the wet dream of the KGB or Stasi.

John Austin's avatar

There's still hope for the USA....Reuters reports that white supremacists in Washington, all masked, wearing similar clothes so as to appear as uniforms, marched, then sheltered from heavy rain in an African-American History museum. The museum accommodated 5000 of them; a further 1000 couldn't fit inside, but sheltered under exterior awnings and shelters.

Reuters had no reports that any damage was done, or persons injured, so it was a lot better than January 6th and the Proud Boys.

Nothing to do with BPR's post today, just worth mentioning, as I was very, very surprised to read it.

Lincolnbulldog's avatar

Let me saa, buying shares in a company is the same as just taking possession of a company, that makes sense. Right Bill?

Tim Pallies's avatar

Maybe not exactly the same, but our government, if acting as it should, has no business doing either.

Kevin Johnson's avatar

The government taking over ownership of the AI space makes sense because, as Orwell put forth in his iconic how-to manual, Big Brother was just a giant, digitally omnipresent AI borg.

Jimm Roberts's avatar

I wonder why no ambitious politician seeking the Presidency hasn't garnered attention for his or for herself by proselytizing the merits of a market economy and the faults of a command economy.

For voters affected by Trump's conduct enduring higher costs attributable to his tactics that have turned Iran into the gate keeper of the Persian Gulf, they are vulnerable to the siren calls of socialism.

For these voters, they are oblivious of the failure of socialism; instead, they interpret it to be a justifiable means to snatch some of the enormous wealth the very rich possess.

Like a cadre of liberal politicians in California, Bernie Sanders and his fellow travelers want to grab billions from the ultra-wealthy for distribution to those who have little, especially to those who have none.

And among the ultra wealthy is our current president.

He and his family rightly or wrongly enriched themselves during his tenure in office to date, a fact that no doubt all Democrats seeking any public office will emphasize.

Homer Bell's avatar

get the wolves they deserve.

Exactly,

Sanders Pocahontas Newcomb Nagel chef Jeffries, a whole bunch of them they loaded those in

Mackinac's avatar

Out of date to a communist.