"Socialist!" by Roy Zimmerman

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[TheSkunkCat]

I'm an actual (European) democratic socialist, and I gotta say...

The US is full of willing corporate bitches, who still are fooled by McCarthy age scaremongering, and as such vote against their own interests, and basically give all their money to the rich, whilst RAGING when someone in actual need gets just enough gov't assistance to SURVIVE.

Nyeah, I am not that crazy about MOST Americans. Although to be honest I blame the poisonous US political culture more then I blame them.

[Halloween111]

Like how he's poking fun at all the people who sling the term around as an epithet without considering all the "Socialist" benefits enjoyed by the very people slinging the accusation

[neoviking69]

@TheSkunkCat Exactly! The Republicans have been very successful at pitting poor and middle class white's against minorities, even though they're in the same boat as the minorities. Many of these right-wingers think Hitler was a socialist because he was in the National Socialist Party. You know, because a fascist can't join a socialist party to fool the general public. Like he was going to create a National Fascist Party, that would've worked well. smh

[UncleMikeNJ]

Reagan also signed the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982. Sponsored by a pair of Socialist Senators you might've heard of. Filthy-rich limousine liberals, both of 'em.  Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy. And James Danforth "Trotsky" Quayle III.

[ianmathwiz7]

As an actual libertarian socialist, I really like how this one pokes fun at all the misuse and abuse of the term "socialist" as a pejorative term against the other side, a mere remnant of McCarthy-era persecution and indoctrination.

[78kunoichi]

Skunkcat couldn't have said it any better.

Thank you,

An American Democratic Socialist

[RLRhodesTunes1]

this is silly..... oh... I see.... ok

[hedo275]

@AesopsRetreat It probably made sense to you as you typed, but what did you mean by "Which, not one of you can do without."??? Also, the services are free to the recipients. If you are robbed, the police don't had you a bill for taking a report & investigating the crime. Most roads aren't toll roads. Most libraries don't have lending fees. Free does not mean no money was raised or spent to provide the service.

[hedo275]

@AesopsRetreat From the dictionary: "The term “socialism” has been used to describe positions as far apart as anarchism, Soviet state communism, and social democracy; however, it necessarily implies an opposition to the untrammeled workings of the economic market." In other words, socialism is when the government interferes with the free market to provide goods or services to society as a whole as in "provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States."

[slappymacfrodaddy]

I love this song...

[darris321]

goodreads(dot)com/quotes/show/­132893

frederic bastiat.

just because we oppose to the state doing it does not mean that we oppose it being done.

[freedom1234573]

Respond to this video...  just wanted to finish my thought there- the crux of why americans are so stupid and vote republican which are a party that is clearly against anything that would help the regular folks voting for them is that their votes have been hijacked by 2 sympathetic issues - abortion and gay marriage - 2 things that no new president can or will do anything about - people are so uneducated about these two things and allow their whole value system to be sucked away-so sad