On Friday, March 15, 2019 at 6:47:01 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 3/15/2019 8:58 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 05:50:27 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On Friday, March 15, 2019 at 6:30:14 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 03:23:25 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> >>> > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Friday, March 15, 2019 at 6:16:51 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> >>>>> On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 03:10:14 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> >>>>> > wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Moderates are getting scarce as hen's teeth. The system of primaries
> >>>>>> and caucases ensures that candidates are moving to the extremes.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Moderates" won't change anything. Under "moderates" the
> >>>>> corporations/big companies/rich people will retain all the power and
> >>>>> the average people will continue to be screwed over.
> >>>>
> >>>> I hate to be the one to tell you, but corporations/big companies/rich
> >>>> people will always have all the power.
> >>>
> >>> You can nibble bits off that power by electing the right people. But
> >>> for some stange reason Americans think that these people are
> >>> socialists.
> >>
> >> Because Fox News tells them so. They aren't sophisticated enough thinkers
> >> to know the difference between socialists and social democrats.
> >>
> >> Cindy Hamilton
> >
> > C'mon, they don't even know what socialist means. They've been taught
> > that it must be really bad by those who want to keep their power.
> > Most people watch TV and Fox for entertainment, nothing so serious as
> > understanding their government.
> >
>
> Simple definition:
> An economic system in which the production and distribution of goods are
> controlled substantially by the government rather than by private
> enterprise, and in which cooperation rather than competition guides
> economic activity. There are many varieties of socialism.
>
>
> That sounds nice, but do you want the government to control everything?
> Do you want the government to determine the cars we drive, the types of
> housing to be built, how much money we can earn? Government control of
> food production? What the stores will carry?
>
> Then you move to the Democratic Socialits
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_socialism
> Democratic socialism is a political philosophy that advocates political
> democracy alongside social ownership of the means of production.
> Democratic socialism is the wing of the socialist movement that combines
> a belief in a socially owned economy with that of political
> democracy.</ref> with an emphasis on self-management and democratic
> management of economic institutions within a market or some form of
> decentralized planned socialist economy.[1] Democratic socialists
> espouse that capitalism is inherently incompatible with what they hold
> to be the democratic values of liberty, equality and solidarity; and
> that these ideals can only be achieved through the realization of a
> socialist socie
>
>
> Now, please tell us what you think it is and what you would like to happen.