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Re:America's Dangerous Movement Toward Oligarchy, Authoritar... by alkyon on Thursday February 06, 2025 @07:58AM (#42961895)
Bernie Sanders if anything is a social democrat and certainly he is a poor man compared to Trump, Musk & affiliates.

His net worth is "only" 3 million dollars, if you serve half a century in Congress you could accumulate this kind of money (not to mention inheritance and royalties from all of the books he wrote).

What idea is that that a socialist needs to be poor? Is the Pope poor? Was Engels poor?

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Re:America's Dangerous Movement Toward Oligarchy, Authoritar... by Blackstrat on Thursday February 06, 2025 @08:30AM (#42962102)
His net worth is more than $3 million. His homes are worth that much. You may claim that his declared net worth is $3 million. Citing Engels, the son of a wealthy textile manufacturer doesn't help your case either. History has repeatedly shown that socialism is a destructive form of government, beneficial only to the elites in the country and never the rest of the country. The US has become far too socialist in my 70 or so years. It's time to unwind it. And the last couple of weeks have been a good start.
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Re:America's Dangerous Movement Toward Oligarchy, Authoritar... by alkyon on Thursday February 06, 2025 @08:37AM (#42962151)
Then we have read different canons of history textbooks.

Engels used his inherited wealth to promote socialism just as Bernie could use his moderate wealth to promote social democracy. I don't see any contradiction here.

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Re:America's Dangerous Movement Toward Oligarchy, Authoritar... by piva00 on Thursday February 06, 2025 @08:36AM (#42962142)
> The US has become far too socialist in my 70 or so years.

You have absolutely no idea what socialism means and this simple line exhibits that pornographically clearly...

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Re:America's Dangerous Movement Toward Oligarchy, Authoritar... by stantham on Thursday February 06, 2025 @09:45AM (#42962832)
> History has repeatedly shown that socialism is a destructive form of government, beneficial only to the elites in the country and never the rest of the country.

Couldn't the same be said about capitalism, to some degree? According to the article, Musk has become $154 billion richer since Trump is in power. How did this benefit you?

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