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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

rogerashton

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1. Socialism is a political position that advocates a society without class distinctions.

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Sun Feb 8, 2015, 06:47 AM

Feb 2015

Splendid as some of those programs are, they are not socialism. As Engels said, Bismarck may choose to build a steel mill: to regard that as socialism is spurious. At the other extreme, government-controlled and funded military and police forces are characteristic of capitalism, the key to the step from feudalism to capitalism. What this blog does is point up just how absurd the "small state" idea of the Anglophone right wing is.

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75 Ways Socialism Has Improved America [View all] eridani Feb 2015 OP

Socialism is a political position that advocates a society without class distinctions. rogerashton Feb 2015 #1

Insightful Fairgo Feb 2015 #13

Privatization Benefits the 1%, While Public Services Benefit Everyone Triana Feb 2015 #2

Not sure who this is aimed at nxylas Feb 2015 #3

Why not just change the name aspirant Feb 2015 #4

Republicans are not the only ones who want to privatize everything. The Third Way sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #8

Fixed nxylas Feb 2015 #10

Thanks I used to blame it all on Republicans also, then noticed how often they might not sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #11

It should be noted that in Democratic Party leadership circles - they do not agree with your whereisjustice Feb 2015 #5

Rec this post as well as the OP ~ nt antiquie Feb 2015 #12

yet there are still people on DU who Phlem Feb 2015 #6

These days, all public goods are called socialism, and are under serious attack n/t eridani Feb 2015 #7

Pin of the Week! demwing Feb 2015 #9

I'm so happy to see this. TBF Feb 2015 #14