Posted on 07/03/2018 12:14:15 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
Pssst! Don't call it socialism, especially in the Midwest. Pass it along.
New York magazine writer Eric Levitz admits in his July 3 article that the socialism of Democratic-Socialist candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of the Bronx by way of Westchester County might be a tough sell to voters in the Midwest. His solution is to rebrand that leftist ideology in a way to make socialism somehow palatable to them. Levitz makes his palatability proposals in Ocasio-Cortezs Socialism Can Work in the Midwest With a Rebrand:
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
If they dusted off the early 20th century socialism of Eugene V. Debs, or the prairie populism of Robert La Follette or even the earlier Grainger movement, they might find some nuggets of rural collectivist wisdom. Farmers organizing for their common interests is nothing new although today’s agribusiness giants may have rendered that moot.
Bronx Socialism is going to be pure Starbucks inspired & unmarketable outside the deep urban world. This writer is trying to apply lipstick to a pig.
Even the blue rinsed little liberal Richard Cohen is telling the Che T-shirt wearers to cool their jets.
Nothing new. How do we think that liberalism and progressivism took on their modern political meanings?Socialism is
government ownership of the means of productioncynicism towards society and naiveté towards government. Cynicism about one thing is inevitably naiveté towards something else (i.e., its opposite).
OK, but just for 24 hours. Then into a pit full of dolomite (for sanitary purposes).
Modern Socialism is just Communism with a better PR department.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is DANGEROUS and must be crushed!!!!
She is a liar—claimed to be “Alex From the Block”, but grew up in tony Westchester County!!!
She is an antisemite—attracted an out-and-out antisemite (”greedy Jewish landlords”, etc.) to her campaign, and is a violent opponent of Israel!
She is also supported by the vile muslim traitor Linda Sarsour!!!! https://www.democracynow.org/2018/6/27/linda_sarsour_alexandria_ocasio_cortez_is
I imagine that there is lots we don’t know about her—almost certainly ALL BAD!!!!
Her Republican opponent is Anthony Pappas, who is Greek Orthodox:
https://www.thenationalherald.com/204443/prof-anthony-pappas-running-for-congress/
Republicans don’t stand much of a chance in that district, but who knows? Maybe Ocasio will run her mouth and make a fatal misstep!
And perhaps Crowley will run on the Liberal ticket!
Yeah, call it the Heartland Party. They’ll all be fooled. The Southern branch can be called Old Dixie Party.
They all ready tried this by re-branding it as “Progressive”. Re-Re-Branding it is not going to work any better
just call it utopia
Check the author: “The Media Can Be Ideologically Diverse Without Conservatives” nymag.com/daily/
May 6, 2018 - By Eric Levitz
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And if we cant fool them, we can set up camps to re-educate them!
The crows will take care of the problem.
Call it subsidism and they will line up at the trough.
Hey, it worked for the Bolsheviks.
Thanks PJ-Comix.
That is what passes for serious political analysis in the eyes of the author. Same old illusions, same old result.
She was elected in an area that was over 75% 'people of color'... her election was a 'dog bites man' story.
“The simple truth is that the Democratic Socialists of America and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez put in time and money into a district that the Democrats hadnt bothered to protect because Republicans couldnt win it. The secret to Cortezs victory wasnt socialism. It was her last name.”
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