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It is not in the peoples best interests that those in power would seek to fan the
flames of class divide.
It is in the best interests of those already corrupt and power greedy politicians to use class warfare as a means of raising taxes, so they can line increase the burgeoning monstrosity of the beastly govenment.
Originally posted by wildtimes
reply to post by burntheships
What we need are leaders who are wise, who THINK about the benefit of the majority.
I don't know why you are attacking me; and you keep bringing up communism,
which is not the same as "social Democracy", which is what the New Party stood for.
And at one point, you believed in Santa, or some other thing that you no longer hold true.
People are allowed to evolve and change, why are you insinuating that The President isn't allowed to do the same?
Have you always had the SAME ideas and philosophies? Have you always believed in what you believe? Because if that's the case, I'm sorry, because a mind is meant to change and evolve as new information and experiences are processed and lived through.
I'm almost positive, that he, as a human, has done the same.
Originally posted by 11235813213455
reply to post by SaturnFX
Whats funny is that when people would list out the places that were socialist and redistributive a few years back they would name a whole host of countries like Spain and Greece as utopian societies because of this system.
Looks like your list is shrinking isnt it?edit on 9-6-2012 by 11235813213455 because: (no reason given)
Buzzfeed's Ben Smith now concedes that Barack Obama sought the socialist New Party's endorsement in 1996--but continues to give Obama, and the New Party, the benefit of the doubt on whether Obama was in fact a member. While admitting the Obama campaign misled the press and the public about the New Party, Smith continues to let the campaign get away without comment--when, in fact, David Axelrod responded yesterday.
Granted, Axelrod's response was to claim that he had "no idea" about the New Party--but that is almost certainly a lie, given that he controls Obama's image tightly, and given that the campaign targeted the New Party allegation as a "smear" in 2008. It is widely known that Axelrod micromanages his candidates' speeches and biographies, and there is almost no chance he has "no idea" about Obama's New Party ties.
In the ongoing discussion of Barack Obama's involvement with Chicago's extremist "New Party," online literature from the Party likely reveals that the young state senator not only was a member but had to commit financially to membership.
This past week, National Review author Stanley Kurtz revived the question of whether or not Obama was ever a member of the Party. Arguing for the affirmative, Kurtz demonstrates fairly conclusively that it did. On the other hand, Joel Rogers, founder of the New Party, tells Ben Smith that it did not. And documents available online suggest that Kurtz is correct and that Rogers is not being completely truthful.
First, there's a bit more background which is relevant here. Kurtz originally raised the question of Obama's involvement with the New Party back in 2008. At the time, the campaign denied Obama was ever involved and referred to the allegation as a "crackpot smear." Ben Smith, then at Politico, wrote a piece in which he quoted New Party founder Joel Rogers to the effect that Obama had never been a member of the New Party because the New Party didn't have members.
The links in the articles have supporting documents
Convinced yet ?
Originally posted by wildtimes
reply to post by xuenchen
The links in the articles have supporting documents
Convinced yet ?
No. Socialism looks after everyone......it gives everyone a safety net, and rewards those whose talents are extraordinary, and also makes certain that the lower-echelon workers get taken care of as well.
For socialism to work humanity would need to be more like ants than individuals,
or to have some greater collective goal that everyone would be working towards
The Marxist / Corporatist agenda has created the illusions. Hundreds of illusions.
Originally posted by wildtimes
reply to post by xuenchen
The Marxist / Corporatist agenda has created the illusions. Hundreds of illusions.
Yes.
And, here in the USA what we have is a Corporatist illusion.
It is NOT WORKING.Convinced yet?
Originally posted by Kali74
reply to post by xuenchen
If Obama were Marxist, Monsanto wouldn't exist...it would have been dissolved and communal farming programs would have popped up all over the place. The fact that he has strengthened Monsanto which is Fascist in nature tells you...?
Originally posted by buster2010
What did I get out of the two wars the last capitalist president started? Nothing
What did I get out of the tax cuts that were given to the wealthy by the last capitalist president but excluded the poor and middle class? Nothing