On 3/15/2019 3:43 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 15:39:58 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On 3/15/2019 3:12 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 15:05:39 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/15/2019 2:20 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 12:46:56 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/15/2019 8:58 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> Why do you only offer two forms of socialism as choices? A democratic
>>>>> socialist isn't the same thing as a social democrat, by the way. You
>>>>> hear the word "social" and you get spams because you think it refers
>>>>> to socialism.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So, why not explain the difference? Rather than educate do you just
>>>> want to irritate?
>>>
>>> Because of your choice of two forms of socialism to make some kind of
>>> clueless point. I think you were confusing a social democrat and a
>>> democratic socialist.
>>>
>>> S O C I A L vs. S O C I A L I S T
>>>
>>> It's social to keep the door open for someone, but it doesn't make you
>>> a socialist.
>>>
>> OK, so you don't know either.
>>
>> I do know I don't want the government ruling my life.
>
> Here we go again. You're still stuck on socialism. You really live in
> the dark ages.
>
Yet you still give no idea of what is wrong and what is good about
whatever social reforms you support. You sir. are just stirring shit
and being an agitator but have nothing to stand on.

Meantime, I'm enjoying life in the dark ages.