Z. T. Jacob
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- Joined
- Dec 16, 2018
- Messages
- 130
Everybody called FDR a socialist (and rightfully so) , but because of him you can withdraw your money when a bank fails (FDIC), poor children and elderly people don’t die from not having healthcare (Medicaid & Medicare), Most people have a better shot at home ownership (FHA), Elderly people have at least the basic necessities to survive (Social Security), and Farmers have crop insurance so they don’t go hungry when drought strikes (FCIC)
These programs have been systematically dismantled and de-toothed by both Republicans and Democrats (who are all wrongly called socialist) in the name of reducing the national debt (Repubs) and being “bipartisan” (Dems) Yet we rack up trillions of dollars in debt going to pointless (unless you’re an oil company or defense contractor) wars across the globe and bipartisanship is never for the sake of the people and always for the corporations.
And all I can do is scoff at those who do for creating a “free market economy,” because in the 1950s under Pres. Eisenhower, a Republican, we a had far stronger social safety net and there was far greater economic freedom for the average American. The top marginal tax rate was 91%, and we were actually helping the downtrodden, and the economy was doing phenomenally.So really, an economy more balanced between socialism and capitalism , like we had from the 40s to 70s is better for the market.
In the 1960s, as a result of the economic stability, security, and freedom afforded to most Americans by the New Deal, there was a beautiful flourishing of democracy; black Americans stood up for their god given rights, young people questioned the moral authority of the status quo, women demanded equality, workers demanded better pay, etc. And the entrenched interests of the global elites were concerned that the people would take their power away from them.
In 1975, the Trilateral Commission released a report titled The Crisis of Democracy, in which they warned against “too much democracy” Why? It threatened the power of the elite. So, starting in the mid 70s, elites started to conspire against the American people, and started buying all our politicians, and all the media so they could use it to disinform and divide us, so they could coerce us into reversing the conditions of the new deal that led to so much prosperity for the vast majority of our people.
Unfortunately, it worked. What AOC wants to is center the American economy, because it has gone way too far right in the last 40 years, which has resulted in stagnating wages, low participation in democracy (because people rightfully believe that their government doesn’t work for them), and unprecedented personal and student debt. No economy was ever nor will ever be an entirely socialist or capitalist economy, they are all mixed.
What, I and AOC, and Bernie Sanders are arguing for is an economy that is balanced between the interests of labor and capital e.g. more socialism, but not too much socialism e.g. state ownership of the means of production nor too much capitalism e.g. rampant income inequality and corporate ownership of the political system.
I’m glad we have the socialist programs we do, I was a able to go to public school for free for 13 years, if I’m in a dangerous situation I can call the police, and most importantly I don’t starve because of food stamps. If we didn’t have police, roads, and public education, Republicans would be calling AOC and Bernie socialist.
Don’t be scared of the S-word, be scared of the billionaire elites who deliberately undermine democracy and disinform the population for their own selfish ends. What democratic socialists want is a fairer distribution of wealth and power, because all power in the hands of the state is just as dangerous as all power in the hands of a few oligarchs. What Demsocs want and what this country needs is power in the hands of THE PEOPLE!
These programs have been systematically dismantled and de-toothed by both Republicans and Democrats (who are all wrongly called socialist) in the name of reducing the national debt (Repubs) and being “bipartisan” (Dems) Yet we rack up trillions of dollars in debt going to pointless (unless you’re an oil company or defense contractor) wars across the globe and bipartisanship is never for the sake of the people and always for the corporations.
And all I can do is scoff at those who do for creating a “free market economy,” because in the 1950s under Pres. Eisenhower, a Republican, we a had far stronger social safety net and there was far greater economic freedom for the average American. The top marginal tax rate was 91%, and we were actually helping the downtrodden, and the economy was doing phenomenally.So really, an economy more balanced between socialism and capitalism , like we had from the 40s to 70s is better for the market.
In the 1960s, as a result of the economic stability, security, and freedom afforded to most Americans by the New Deal, there was a beautiful flourishing of democracy; black Americans stood up for their god given rights, young people questioned the moral authority of the status quo, women demanded equality, workers demanded better pay, etc. And the entrenched interests of the global elites were concerned that the people would take their power away from them.
In 1975, the Trilateral Commission released a report titled The Crisis of Democracy, in which they warned against “too much democracy” Why? It threatened the power of the elite. So, starting in the mid 70s, elites started to conspire against the American people, and started buying all our politicians, and all the media so they could use it to disinform and divide us, so they could coerce us into reversing the conditions of the new deal that led to so much prosperity for the vast majority of our people.
Unfortunately, it worked. What AOC wants to is center the American economy, because it has gone way too far right in the last 40 years, which has resulted in stagnating wages, low participation in democracy (because people rightfully believe that their government doesn’t work for them), and unprecedented personal and student debt. No economy was ever nor will ever be an entirely socialist or capitalist economy, they are all mixed.
What, I and AOC, and Bernie Sanders are arguing for is an economy that is balanced between the interests of labor and capital e.g. more socialism, but not too much socialism e.g. state ownership of the means of production nor too much capitalism e.g. rampant income inequality and corporate ownership of the political system.
I’m glad we have the socialist programs we do, I was a able to go to public school for free for 13 years, if I’m in a dangerous situation I can call the police, and most importantly I don’t starve because of food stamps. If we didn’t have police, roads, and public education, Republicans would be calling AOC and Bernie socialist.
Don’t be scared of the S-word, be scared of the billionaire elites who deliberately undermine democracy and disinform the population for their own selfish ends. What democratic socialists want is a fairer distribution of wealth and power, because all power in the hands of the state is just as dangerous as all power in the hands of a few oligarchs. What Demsocs want and what this country needs is power in the hands of THE PEOPLE!