RE: FDR and the New Deal: Saving Capitalism from Itself
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Yeah, I was specifically thinking of how the oligarchs took what was supposed to be for everyone and they made it their own to the tune of millions of dollars. I honestly think socialism gets a bad rap or at the very least things that are meant to benefit a large group of people are instantly labeled as socialist and then immediately poo pooed.
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Socialism has just become a scare word. The rich already get it and no one sees anything wrong with that (As MLK once said: In America, it's "socialism for the rich and rugged free enterprise capitalism for the poor"), nor does the working class see much wrong with it when it comes in the form of social security or medicare/medicade. Nor even do people see much wrong with socialized medicine when you phrase the questions in a way that avoids labeling it as socialism. It is only when it becomes a talking point set to the tune of "owning the libs", then everyone who follows that team comes out against it.
Yeah, that is a good point.