ARE DEMOCRATS SOCIALISTS

Fiedor Report On the News #280 ^ | 7-28-02 | Doug Fiedor

[forest]

The Democrats have a simple concept, actually. The activities of the individual must be subjugated to the will of the state. The state, then, will be directed by leaders like them: Democrat-Fascists.  

Socialism, after all, implies outright nationalization of the means of production. Government would take ownership of all business.

Democrats, as a whole, are into control. That is, instead of government ownership of our nation's agriculture, business and industry, the Democratic Party favors private ownership. The responsibility for operation is then placed in private hands, rather than governments.

The Democrats mutated the federal government into a system of government marked by centralization of authority. The Democrats' programs put forth stringent socioeconomic controls. Now, with their "politically correct" garbage, they are attempting to suppress all opposition through terror and censorship.

[Free_at_last_-2001]

Nazi's then!

[handk]

ARE DEMOCRATS SOCIALISTS

It's called a "question mark". Here's what it looks like:

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I first learned about it in the second or third grade of elementary school.

[AdamSelene235]

Socialism, after all, implies outright nationalization of the means of production.

No, the communists tried that. It crashes too quickly.

Modern Socialist nationalizes the *results* of production. Income taxes, Social Security, Capital Gains, Auto Taxes, Death Taxes, Sin Taxes, Sale Taxes, Gas Taxes, etc.

Now what is the difference between subsidizing steel and subsidizing medical care?

[weikel]

Yep great post I would like to add something else Democracy and Representive government always leads to socialism( taxes went up after the American revolution a monarchy is a better form of government).

[JessicaDragonet]

If you have absolute control of something...you pretty much own it, don't you?

[stumpy]

I agree, call them nazis

[Reeses]

Democratic Party favors private ownership

Not really, it's the lawyers, almost all Democrats, that favor private ownership, else they're out of their cash cow.

You could call Democrats fascists, however that implies they have a vested interest in private industry making a profit. That is not the case with today's Democrats, they have a profit envy problem. Socialism more closely describes them. And we must be hitting close to home because it really bothers them. The label doesn't matter too much though. A stinking rose still stinks by any name.

[Dick Vomer]

I wish someone with stones during a debate would say.... "I think that Mr. Kennedy/ Franks/Daschle etc..from the National Democratic Socialist Party would blah blah blah.." It would be priceless to hear the howls of protest since that is the monicker given to Republicans..

[Reactionary]

They're certainly closer to fascists than communists. After all, it was the fascists who rejected the idea of the public ownership of the means of production in favor of control and regulation. Their logic was that the actual ownership of the means of production was unimportant; what counted, in their view, was the issue of control itself.

Of course, good luck convincing liberals of this unassailable fact of history. They're far too stupid to apply the Nazi label to their own fascist schemes.

[reillyoburbank]

In a word, YES!

[Reeses]

the National Democratic Socialist Party

The Nazi party still lives in Germany today though they have taken a new name, that exact name you just mentioned. They are Germany's Democrats, the main difference being they are socialists that are also patriotic of their home country.

[Movemout]

Central planners have forever failed. The thing that made the USA different was its early implicit trust in the individual to make the right choices, to live his or her life as they deemed fit. Democrats have in recent decades wanted to substitute government choice for individual choice because they believe that some significant subset of the population is incapable of making good choices. This elitist attitude is at the root of nearly all our present problems. Half of our population are convinced that Uncle Sugar can make better decisions for them than they can for themselves. In a nutshell, that is what is wrong with our country.

[The Duke]

Socialists? Why give socialists such a bad name? The Democrats are simply a group of garden-variety gangsters who have learned that demagogery is more potent than the tommy gun.

This is why they are so vitriolic against O'Reilly - because they can't stand the contrast presented by that rarest of all birds, the "honest liberal".

If the US was Russia back at the turn of the last century, the Democrats are the ones who would be nuzzling up to Stalin's sphincter!

[tcostell]

Maybe a better question would be:

Are the republicans socialists too?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Great article on a timely topic since we have a Governor in California that is totally into CONTROL but has botched the job!

[forest]

The question mark was considered. Titles seem to be exceptions. There is much more to consider in this intellectual post.

[Tacis]

"ARE DEMOCRATS SOCIALISTS?"

Hey, does the Pope wear a funny hat?

[forest]

It's the crash that leads to totalinarianism and dictatorship, which is their goal, IMHO.

[Reeses]

This elitist attitude is at the root of nearly all our present problems.

I agree. And the root of their elitism is narcissism. How can they love themselves if they aren’t better than you? Helping the helpless affirms their superiority, is the much needed fuel to continue their love for themselves.