Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or AOC as she is referred to, is a new member of the House of Representatives. Since she stands for all things abhorrent to the status-quo loving GOP she is the target of amazing stretches of logic. Take, for example, this cartoon:
In the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War, what was the greatest economy mobilizing force? That would be the American government, not capitalism. In the Great Depression, the business types (the Capitalists) insisted that it was a normal “business cycle” and that things would recover by themselves and that we should do nothing to help the struggling people.
This is what Democratic Socialism is all about, the government as representatives of the people, in control of the economy. Control in the sense of setting the rules, not running it as in totalitarian socialism. Currently, the capitalists have captured the government and are running the economy for their benefit and screw the rest of us. That is what capitalism offers unless it is restrained by government by the people … or a divine king if you want to try that again. (Donald Trump has volunteered for the position.)
Uncommon Sense 
Socialism has tried and failed heaps of times… and killed dozens of millions of people in the process. NO THANKS!
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Comment by jmshistorycorner — September 5, 2019 @ 6:57 am |
You are, I believe, referring to autocratic socialism. Democratic socialism is working very, very well around the world. Just as capitalism doesn’t work unless controlled socially, socialism doesn’t work unless controlled democratically, and no modern system of government will work without commitment from those participating.
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Comment by Steve Ruis — September 5, 2019 @ 9:56 am |