How San Francisco became a failed city

Re:How San Francisco became a failed city by smcl on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @09:58AM (#31667443)

The government coddling the wealthy while trampling the poor is not socialism. I know there are folks who use "socialism" to mean "the government doing bad things I don't like" but this is a hangover from the Cold War, and it doesn't really belong anywhere near a civilised discussion.

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Re:How San Francisco became a failed city by UnpossibleJim on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @10:19AM (#31667745)

>>The government coddling the wealthy while trampling the poor is not socialism<<

It's the failed, self serving, and corrupt program of "Trickle Down Economics" that's been used by Republicans and Democrats since the Reagan era in one form or another. It brings in the donor classes and benefits the wealthy, all of whom happen to be our politicians. It was BS when it was sold to the American people then and it's BS now.

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Re:How San Francisco became a failed city by CrackerNews on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @10:02AM (#31667491)

Agreed. Socialism is defined better as workers owning the means of production. In "socialism for the rich", it is still the rich owning the means of production, aka capitalism.

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Re:How San Francisco became a failed city by linuxftw on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @10:17AM (#31667711)

> The government coddling the wealthy while trampling the poor is not socialism.

It's socialism, just as other forms of government. Nobles vs peasants. Is there a head of state that doesn't live in a palace?

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Re:How San Francisco became a failed city by smcl on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @11:35AM (#31668915)

I don't understand

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