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Socialist Progressives

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16. And as Bernie Sanders points out, economic inequality is back to what it was then.

Tue Feb 17, 2015, 09:31 AM

Feb 2015

The worse off people become under capitalism, the more they are open to rejecting it.

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Is a socialist america a possibility anymore? [View all] Kevin from WI Feb 2015 OP

Yes. TexasTowelie Feb 2015 #1

Oh bloody hell Depaysement Feb 2015 #2

I've wondered that to Kevin newfie11 Feb 2015 #3

Capitalism is no longer doable, imthevicar Feb 2015 #4

Defeatism is always tempting. rogerashton Feb 2015 #8

I'm a Cynic, Defeatist join the other side. imthevicar Feb 2015 #10

No, you are a defeatist. rogerashton Feb 2015 #13

Well let's see. imthevicar Feb 2015 #19

How did I insult you? rogerashton Feb 2015 #20

Where there's life, there's hope Demeter Feb 2015 #5

I agree But, imthevicar Feb 2015 #21

I thought you knew ... Martin Eden Feb 2015 #6

http://www.wolf-pac.com/ harun Feb 2015 #7

Except for a very brief window in the 1930s... wyldwolf Feb 2015 #9

socialism gets a bad rap vlyons Feb 2015 #12

yes, but RedstDem Feb 2015 #14

I think so, I think it will emerge state by state. Starry Messenger Feb 2015 #15

I doubt it - TBF Feb 2015 #18

Not in our lifetime, and IF folks like a number of them here .. 2banon Feb 2015 #22