Posted on 07/12/2015 1:10:19 AM PDT by rightistight
Salon.com believes that the United States is "ready for socialism" and Bernie Sanders is "speaking to America's soul."
In an article published today, titled "America is ready for socialism! Massive majorities back Bernie Sanders on the issues — and disdain Donald Trump," Salon made the case that most Americans want socialist policies in place.
"Sanders speaks to America's soul — and our values," the article's author, Paul Rosenberg, claims. Rosenberg also writes for Al Jazeera.
It continues, "Sanders is right to think that Scandanavian socialism would be popular here in the U.S., if only people knew more about it. And he’s right to make spreading that awareness a goal of his campaign. In fact, on a wide range of issue specifics Sanders lines up with strong majorities of public opinion—and has for decades."
Rosenberg then references a poll produced by "the Progressive Change Institute" in January that claims to show that Americans want socialism. He also casually mentions that he's written with the co-founder of a Progressive Change Institute-affiliate. Despite these clear biases, the author then talks about Americans' support for Sanders's policies.
He also claims that, based on another poll, "Americans preferred Sweden over the U.S. by 92-8%" based on wealth distribution.
"Sanders is not simply cherry-picking a few popular ideas here and there. He’s tapping into a broadly shared set of inter-related attitudes and ideas about closely related issues," Rosenberg writes.
Further, Sanders "ought to be taken a lot more seriously than he has been so far."
In the end, however, Rosenberg is not sure that Sanders will be elected. That said, he writes, "the question is not “Will Bernie Sanders be elected president?” ...The real question is, “Will the Sanders campaign change the course of American history?” And that question is one that every citizen can help answer, by how they engage in the months ahead."
The word “delusional” comes to mind.
I’d say after 80 years of Socialism, we are instead quite sick of it.
92% prefer Sweden? I think they were asking about the Swedish nude female volleyball team.
Then the world should read this first...”The Socialist Phenomenon” by Igor Shafarevich.
http://robertlstephens.com/essays/shafarevich/001SocialistPhenomenon.html
We’ve asked ourselves: what could be worse that Bush v. Clinton part deux?
Here is the answer: Sanders v. Trump!
If I gave you a gun would you shoot me right now?
Socialism and communism always come packaged in such a pretty box, just like cigarettes.
I don’t see it. The 75% super tax on millionaires didn’t even last a year in France and Hollande is as unpopular as any post war PM.
If I gave *you* a gun, would you help me shoot them?
You know I would!
The Democrat party itself cannot allow its mantle to be claimed by a candidate who a.) isn't a Democrat and b.) would lead a crash & burn campaign comparable to George McGovern's.
... Only if “socialism” happens to be Donald Trump’s middle name...
More precisely, we may have reached critical mass, between Third World immigration (legal and illegal) and our domestic welfare class, where the “takers” outnumber the producers.
By the same token, judging by the hoopla Trump has generated, some might think a good part of America is ready for a rebellion with respect to this government’s policy on illegal aliens.
America is ready for a split is what America is ready for.
“Hillary Clinton will not be the Democrat candidate for President in 2016. However, neither will Bernie Sanders.”...............
Stranger things have happened and either of those two bozos just might make the cut. My favorite saying, “Never say never”.
I was just saying to my husband last night that I'm stunned so many idiots think socialism would be cool - they should be thrown out of the U.S. for such idiocy
Even if the basic premise is true ( which it isn’t ) that a majority of American’s want socialism, one can only harken back a few years when a majority was loyal to the crown.
> The word “delusional” comes to mind.
Morons too. Socialist policies have turned the greatest nation on earth into a hellhole where only the elites are doing well now and the homonazis want to double down on stupid
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