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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Mar 15, 2019, 02:36 PM Mar 2019

O'Rourke calls America's capitalist economy 'racist' [View all]

By DAVID SIDERS 03/15/2019 01:25 PM EDT

MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa — Beto O’Rourke said Friday that America’s capitalist economy is “racist,” while he praised a proposal to give infants so-called baby bonds to address systemic inequalities.

Responding to a question at a meet-and-greet in Iowa about whether he is a socialist, O’Rourke reiterated that “I consider myself a capitalist” and said capitalism is necessary to meet myriad “historic challenges” facing the country.

“It won’t be government intervention or policy alone that makes it possible,” he said.

However, O’Rourke added at a coffee shop here, “Having said that, it is clearly an imperfect, unfair, unjust and racist capitalist economy.”

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O'Rourke calls America's capitalist economy 'racist' [View all] DonViejo Mar 2019 OP

People come for AOC and Sanders for making similar arguments. I'm glad Beto ignores the detractors. DRoseDARs Mar 2019 #1

Where have AOC or Sanders been "come after" for saying this? WeekiWater Mar 2019 #2

I mean, if you want to completely ignore the words I typed, fine I guess? DRoseDARs Mar 2019 #6

I read them closely. WeekiWater Mar 2019 #7

Beto argued capitalsim is racist. You asked me where AOC or BS had people come for them... DRoseDARs Mar 2019 #9

Still completely different. WeekiWater Mar 2019 #13

But, that is the socialist position: Racism stems from economics rather than as a standalone issue. DRoseDARs Mar 2019 #15

That is not the "socialist position". WeekiWater Mar 2019 #16

Well I was always taught it was and Google is mostly providing right-wing garbage so no help there. DRoseDARs Mar 2019 #17

So much of MLK discussing capitalism is brilliant. WeekiWater Mar 2019 #18

. WeekiWater Mar 2019 #38

Racism only exists as part of economics? Mr Tibbs Mar 2019 #27

Beto didn't say that capitalism itself was racist, radius777 Mar 2019 #19

Beto says he is a capitalist...could be wrong but aren't OAC and Sen. Sanders Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #4

Bernie ids as Democratic-Socialist not Socialist, and AOC ids as just Democrat I believe. DRoseDARs Mar 2019 #5

AOC ids as a democratic socialist. WeekiWater Mar 2019 #8

Thought I rd a while bk she said she didn't id as such. Ok, either way doesn't make me dislike her. DRoseDARs Mar 2019 #11

Doesn't make me dislike her either. WeekiWater Mar 2019 #12

By praising the Nordic Model while calling oneself a Dem Soc, one conflates 2 comp. diff. things. Garrett78 Mar 2019 #10

thank you for this Celerity Mar 2019 #23

You seem confused Mr Tibbs Mar 2019 #28

If you have to explain a word than don't use it as you have already lost. No one should Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #20

I am hoping that "American capitalism promotes racism for its own economic best interests" McCamy Taylor Mar 2019 #32

The bickering DU engages in over these candidates is mad/sad-dening, this gets lost in the noise. DRoseDARs Mar 2019 #34

I just don't see this idea flying in blue-collar America TheRealNorth Mar 2019 #3

Naw, because bonds take money from the future, not the present. McCamy Taylor Mar 2019 #33

That's hardly reasssuring TheRealNorth Mar 2019 #37

Glad he agrees with a lot of us who think that America's capitalist economy is Autumn Mar 2019 #14

Capitalism is no more racist than gravity is. In fact it is racist to say certain races can't be riverine Mar 2019 #21

He was specifically referring to the American implementation of capitalism. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #22

+1 Celerity Mar 2019 #24

Engels said that US Capitalist pit one group against another to keep wages low. McCamy Taylor Mar 2019 #31

I'm sorry, but that statement is analogous to the old, "guns don't kill people; people kill people". bullwinkle428 Mar 2019 #25

American slavery was in service to Capitalism Mr Tibbs Mar 2019 #29

American slavery was a product of the US government and original Constitution riverine Mar 2019 #35

Yes because MyNameGoesHere Mar 2019 #36

Capitalism is the best economic system known to humanity AlexSFCA Mar 2019 #26

OMG! He went there! It is so true! Capital divides and conquers the working class to keep wages low. McCamy Taylor Mar 2019 #30

Best to look at this guys history tiredtoo Mar 2019 #39