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ProfessorPlum

(11,252 posts)
11. This is very good. We could also call it "Civilization" or "Cooperation" or "Society"
Tue Mar 12, 2019, 09:11 AM
Mar 2019

But i appreciate the clarity on terms - Branding is so important to political messaging.

Social-anything or Socialism has a bad ring (fair or not). But I'd love to see the GOP arguing against "civilization".

People in this country are so misinformed about socialism. octoberlib Mar 2019 #1
Why Millennials look to Norway. Sweden, Finland & Denmark with envy. DownriverDem Mar 2019 #24
Yes but it's not socialism. The Scandinavian countries are always at the top octoberlib Mar 2019 #43
Social security. greymattermom Mar 2019 #2
Social Security isn't "socialism." CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #14
Ah but it is...socialism, that is. PatrickforO Mar 2019 #23
No. Social Security was a way to force people to save money. wasupaloopa Mar 2019 #39
Interesting. Now, I like a mixed socialist and free market, a la northern PatrickforO Mar 2019 #45
My reply was that it wasn't nationalized anything. wasupaloopa Mar 2019 #52
I like Booker, but DownriverDem Mar 2019 #25
I wouldn't say "it's the system that Europe has and it works great" FBaggins Mar 2019 #3
It is arguable that the bankers who came along from the IMF in '09 PatrickforO Mar 2019 #46
The Democratic Party should leave the word "social" out of their identity altogether Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #4
That would mean accepting the misleading phrasing of the GOP. DetlefK Mar 2019 #5
That's just politics. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #8
You know what will cost votes? DetlefK Mar 2019 #18
Or folks DownriverDem Mar 2019 #26
I agree. It's a negative connotation even though it may have some positive attributes. Firestorm49 Mar 2019 #22
There are 86 million Millennials. They now outnumber Boomers in the workplace. PatrickforO Mar 2019 #47
The Democratic Party is not socialist. That's the point. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #48
That's one strategy Roy Rolling Mar 2019 #6
We could counter with Fascism and Nazism but who would cover that lancelyons Mar 2019 #7
My thoughts exactly. SergeStorms Mar 2019 #31
Democrats are about Unity, NOT Uniformity. Different Americans must learn to live with difference. ancianita Mar 2019 #9
'Democrats are about unity". SergeStorms Mar 2019 #34
I hear you. We fuss, sure, but we don't take opponents' ancianita Mar 2019 #42
Americans are smart enough to understand the difference. nycbos Mar 2019 #10
Surely you jest! Lucky Luciano Mar 2019 #12
This is very good. We could also call it "Civilization" or "Cooperation" or "Society" ProfessorPlum Mar 2019 #11
Why must we re-define or even define our system and/or our Party. MOST of us (even on the right)... George II Mar 2019 #13
We must redefine simply because some of us have done the research... DemocracyMouse Mar 2019 #36
Got that, George? lapucelle Mar 2019 #55
I think its best that iamthebandfanman Mar 2019 #15
Ironic since the DSA backs the Democratic Socialist dictatorship in Venezuela to the hilt, shouting: CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #40
We should embrace Liberalism, which includes progressive well-regulated capitalism. CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #16
Yes indeed. comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #33
Republicans Have Muddled The Distinction DallasNE Mar 2019 #17
AS a Democratic Socialist here are two people that explain my "socialism" reported by O'Donnell turbinetree Mar 2019 #19
Don't quibble over precise definitions, just hit them in the face with what they are doing JHB Mar 2019 #20
Or, just pointing out the Fascism on the other side Joe Nation Mar 2019 #21
Bingo. SergeStorms Mar 2019 #35
Liberalism isn't good enough? DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2019 #27
We had a president whose administration was informed by the principles of social democracy. lapucelle Mar 2019 #56
Third way neoliberalism is not at all comparable to social democracy. Celerity Mar 2019 #61
Yes it is. lapucelle Mar 2019 #64
3rd way politics is a synthesis of centre left and centre right Celerity Mar 2019 #65
The problem with using buzzword phrases lapucelle Mar 2019 #66
I am not using 'buzzwords' at all. I am correctly (from widely accepted academic definitions) Celerity Mar 2019 #67
You're not "correcting" anything. You're disseminating an idiosyncratic interpretation of a term. lapucelle Mar 2019 #68
Just don't nominate an avowed Socialist kennetha Mar 2019 #28
Agree TheSocialDem Mar 2019 #29
Read the title, looked to see who posted. Hortensis Mar 2019 #30
Well... what is the political platform of the Democrats? DetlefK Mar 2019 #37
Exactly kennetha Mar 2019 #38
Okay. But let's call ourselves Democratic-Republicans Hortensis Mar 2019 #41
Sorry I'm a Democrat, not a Social Democrat. comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #32
I like your strawman of socialism that is contradicted by the first paragraph of the wiki articled. Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #44
What strawman? DetlefK Mar 2019 #54
You were literally wrong from Line 1, and your own link proved it... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #57
It's the first line. DetlefK Mar 2019 #58
No, you said: "Socialism is the control of all property by society as a whole." Which is... Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #59
On small scales it works. No doubt. But not on big scales. DetlefK Mar 2019 #60
That argument also applies to political systems, does it not? Humanist_Activist Mar 2019 #62
I am for parliamentary democracy. DetlefK Mar 2019 #63
Democrats should stop discussing label and get it on the table ooky Mar 2019 #49
I'm sold. I'm fully on board with Social-Democracy. jcmaine72 Mar 2019 #50
We have to stop letting the GOPers frame the debate and choose the terms. dawg day Mar 2019 #51
start calling pro putin GOP commies. pansypoo53219 Mar 2019 #53
I say we just embrace socialism - its the future! Joe941 Mar 2019 #69
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