Much like Hillary Clinton feeling the need to reintroduce herself to voters multiple times, Bernie Sanders has decided to tell us again exactly what democratic socialism is.
Sanders, the nominally Democratic but realistically socialist senator from Vermont, made a speech Wednesday that the AP declared was "a strong defense of democratic socialism, the economic philosophy that has guided his political career." It was "His most aggressive attempt yet to reframe the conversation about his political views."
The big question that never goes addressed regarding these and other "Explanations" of socialism is: Why do the self-identified "Democratic socialists" feel it's OK to force those who'd rather be free into their collective?
National Review's Kevin Williamson calls socialism "Solidarity that is enforced at gunpoint, if necessary."
"The Adam Smith Institute itself reminds us that"whenever socialism has been tried it has involved compulsion, as it attempts to make people behave in ways they would not freely choose to do.
Of course the political left argues that without some degree of socialism, we'd have no roads, schools, parks, libraries, first responders, nor other "Public" institutions and infrastructure.
"The goal of socialists," writes William L. Anderson, "Is socialism - not prosperity." In other words, the objective is to use promises of abundance and a better life to do nothing more than amass raw political power.
https://issuesinsights.com/2019/06/14/question-for-bernie-what-happens-to-those-who-dont-want-to-join-your-commune/
Sanders, the nominally Democratic but realistically socialist senator from Vermont, made a speech Wednesday that the AP declared was "a strong defense of democratic socialism, the economic philosophy that has guided his political career." It was "His most aggressive attempt yet to reframe the conversation about his political views."
The big question that never goes addressed regarding these and other "Explanations" of socialism is: Why do the self-identified "Democratic socialists" feel it's OK to force those who'd rather be free into their collective?
National Review's Kevin Williamson calls socialism "Solidarity that is enforced at gunpoint, if necessary."
"The Adam Smith Institute itself reminds us that"whenever socialism has been tried it has involved compulsion, as it attempts to make people behave in ways they would not freely choose to do.
Of course the political left argues that without some degree of socialism, we'd have no roads, schools, parks, libraries, first responders, nor other "Public" institutions and infrastructure.
"The goal of socialists," writes William L. Anderson, "Is socialism - not prosperity." In other words, the objective is to use promises of abundance and a better life to do nothing more than amass raw political power.
https://issuesinsights.com/2019/06/14/question-for-bernie-what-happens-to-those-who-dont-want-to-join-your-commune/
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