Sometimes things get SO RIDICULOUS that all you can do is sit back and laugh. Because if you didn’t laugh , you’d be crying at how STUPID people have gotten!
You don’t get it? AOC the socialist (like Che) wants to ban beef to prevent climate change so she is coming to take your hamburders and we’re all gonna die!
A majority of Americans approve AND support “Socialism”, they just don’t “know” that they do.
Social Security, Medicare, local Police, even the Republicans favorite form of medical attention for the poor, the Hospital Emergency Room, all are forms of socialism!
The “bugbear” with which conservatives are attempting to rile up the American public is not NEARLY as scary, once you appreciate what they’re “waving around”.
Of course, I DO understand how, if you’re sufficiently “stupid”, ANYTHING can be made “scary”.
Socialism is not, on it’s face, a scary concept – in fact, more often than not, it’s quite beneficial to the majority of the populace. Please note that, for the most part, the “descriptions” of the social programs used to spook their base are either wildly distorted or completely incorrect. Fortunately for their purposes, their base is extremely “gullible” and “non-judgmental”!
Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman: “In 1961, America faced what conservatives considered a mortal threat: calls for a national health insurance program covering senior citizens. In an attempt to avert this awful fate, the American Medical Association launched what it called Operation Coffee Cup, a pioneering attempt at viral marketing.Here’s how it worked: Doctors’ wives (hey, it was 1961) were asked to invite their friends over and play them a recording in which Ronald Reagan explained that socialized medicine would destroy American freedom. The housewives, in turn, were supposed to write letters to Congress denouncing the menace of Medicare.Obviously the strategy didn’t work; Medicare not only came into existence, but it became so popular that these days Republicans routinely (and falsely) accuse Democrats of planning to cut the program’s funding. But the strategy — claiming that any attempt to strengthen the social safety net or limit inequality will put us on a slippery slope to totalitarianism — endures.And so it was that Donald Trump, in his State of the Union address, briefly turned from his usual warnings about scary brown people to warnings about the threat from socialism.”
One of the more frightening fads we saw in recent years was the lionization of Che Guevara by young people. Never mind the socialist aspect. It was akin to having kids walk around wearing Reinhard Heydrich shirts. Or with a picture of Pol Pot on their tote bag.
The man was a vicious murdering thug, yet 95% of those wearing Che gear were utterly clueless.
For a long time, the GOP has wanted to replace FDR’s image on the dime with their hero Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan, the pres who removed the solar panels from the White House, The pres who took away some tax deductions (used mainly by the working class) while giving the wealthy tax cuts. Ronald, the pres who tried to gut the EPA, and started the highway to de-regulation in the financial sector (regs enacted by a bi-partisan congress in the mid 1930’s to forestall another Great Depression). The same Pres who over-spent billions in military build-up, and put it all on the national credit card. The same Ronald who said he would never deal with terrorist Iran, but paid them off several times. The same Rep. Pres who preached “Government IS the problem”____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ But, to my real point, the GOP always accuses FDR of starting the Welfare State. FDR did NOT start the Welfare State; State governments did that. During the 1930’s, communism was a viable threat to the capitalist system. Roosevelt knew that the financial sector brought on the crash, and saw millions of working Americans lose their homes and/or small business, and were turned out to the streets. Although wealthy himself, he dreaded this happening to WORKING people, mostly through no fault of their own (other than not being BORN wealthy) and sought ways to alleviate the crises through social and unemployment services, some TEMPORARY safety nets to help working people survive the crisis. AND, to keep communism from gaining any political ground by the crisis. For this, he was branded a “traitor to his class” , and still is, by the wealthy elite and their mouthpiece, the GOP.The Republican Party of today is no longer the conservative party of Lincoln, Eisenhower, or even Goldwater. In my opinion, their are only two kinds of people who republican today: The Wealthy and fools.
Radish the wordsmith about 5 years ago
That’s Socialism. Would you like that supersized?
Masterskrain Premium Member about 5 years ago
Sometimes things get SO RIDICULOUS that all you can do is sit back and laugh. Because if you didn’t laugh , you’d be crying at how STUPID people have gotten!
Màiri about 5 years ago
I don’t get it.
NeoconMan about 5 years ago
You don’t get it? AOC the socialist (like Che) wants to ban beef to prevent climate change so she is coming to take your hamburders and we’re all gonna die!
NeoconMan about 5 years ago
^ Exactly like how Obama came and took away all our guns.
thieben16 about 5 years ago
Wasn’t Che a fighter? Comparison to Spanky Bonespurs breaks down there.
lobo1939 about 5 years ago
What a distorted view of socialism Americans have!
William Bednar Premium Member about 5 years ago
He’s probably talking to Fidel.
NRHAWK Premium Member about 5 years ago
Besides, Che was about communism (read dictatorships) not social democracy.
Godfreydaniel about 5 years ago
“You can have my cows when you pry them from the cold dead hooves of my bulls!”
wellis1947 Premium Member about 5 years ago
A majority of Americans approve AND support “Socialism”, they just don’t “know” that they do.
Social Security, Medicare, local Police, even the Republicans favorite form of medical attention for the poor, the Hospital Emergency Room, all are forms of socialism!
The “bugbear” with which conservatives are attempting to rile up the American public is not NEARLY as scary, once you appreciate what they’re “waving around”.
Of course, I DO understand how, if you’re sufficiently “stupid”, ANYTHING can be made “scary”.
Socialism is not, on it’s face, a scary concept – in fact, more often than not, it’s quite beneficial to the majority of the populace. Please note that, for the most part, the “descriptions” of the social programs used to spook their base are either wildly distorted or completely incorrect. Fortunately for their purposes, their base is extremely “gullible” and “non-judgmental”!
Godfreydaniel about 5 years ago
Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman: “In 1961, America faced what conservatives considered a mortal threat: calls for a national health insurance program covering senior citizens. In an attempt to avert this awful fate, the American Medical Association launched what it called Operation Coffee Cup, a pioneering attempt at viral marketing.Here’s how it worked: Doctors’ wives (hey, it was 1961) were asked to invite their friends over and play them a recording in which Ronald Reagan explained that socialized medicine would destroy American freedom. The housewives, in turn, were supposed to write letters to Congress denouncing the menace of Medicare.Obviously the strategy didn’t work; Medicare not only came into existence, but it became so popular that these days Republicans routinely (and falsely) accuse Democrats of planning to cut the program’s funding. But the strategy — claiming that any attempt to strengthen the social safety net or limit inequality will put us on a slippery slope to totalitarianism — endures.And so it was that Donald Trump, in his State of the Union address, briefly turned from his usual warnings about scary brown people to warnings about the threat from socialism.”
JohnHarry Premium Member about 5 years ago
Yes – how quickly we forget that Back in" The Good Old Days" older people could’t even get health insurance.
Andylit Premium Member about 5 years ago
One of the more frightening fads we saw in recent years was the lionization of Che Guevara by young people. Never mind the socialist aspect. It was akin to having kids walk around wearing Reinhard Heydrich shirts. Or with a picture of Pol Pot on their tote bag.
The man was a vicious murdering thug, yet 95% of those wearing Che gear were utterly clueless.
moosemin about 5 years ago
For a long time, the GOP has wanted to replace FDR’s image on the dime with their hero Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan, the pres who removed the solar panels from the White House, The pres who took away some tax deductions (used mainly by the working class) while giving the wealthy tax cuts. Ronald, the pres who tried to gut the EPA, and started the highway to de-regulation in the financial sector (regs enacted by a bi-partisan congress in the mid 1930’s to forestall another Great Depression). The same Pres who over-spent billions in military build-up, and put it all on the national credit card. The same Ronald who said he would never deal with terrorist Iran, but paid them off several times. The same Rep. Pres who preached “Government IS the problem”____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ But, to my real point, the GOP always accuses FDR of starting the Welfare State. FDR did NOT start the Welfare State; State governments did that. During the 1930’s, communism was a viable threat to the capitalist system. Roosevelt knew that the financial sector brought on the crash, and saw millions of working Americans lose their homes and/or small business, and were turned out to the streets. Although wealthy himself, he dreaded this happening to WORKING people, mostly through no fault of their own (other than not being BORN wealthy) and sought ways to alleviate the crises through social and unemployment services, some TEMPORARY safety nets to help working people survive the crisis. AND, to keep communism from gaining any political ground by the crisis. For this, he was branded a “traitor to his class” , and still is, by the wealthy elite and their mouthpiece, the GOP.The Republican Party of today is no longer the conservative party of Lincoln, Eisenhower, or even Goldwater. In my opinion, their are only two kinds of people who republican today: The Wealthy and fools.