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Why democratic socialism?
David F. Ruccio | Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame
4 comments:
I view Sanders as slightly to the right of Nixon on most issues. If this were the 1960's, Bernie would be a mainstream Republican. Bernie may be a lesser evil, but he's no socialist.
Is Sanders proposing to nationalize a single American industry? No.
If Bernie were a threat to capitalism, he wouldn't be allowed to run as a Democrat. If Bernie were a democratic socialist, whatever that is, he wouldn't be providing cover for Hillary's illegal email server.
A better question for Bernie might be "are you a sheepdog?"
Goes to show how left the American "left" is.
What American left there is, is not anywhere near power.
Lars Osberg provides a good guide to social-democracy/democratic socialism:
The Master-Servant Relationship: Social Democracy and the Market.
http://myweb.dal.ca/osberg/classification/conference%20papers/The%20Master-Servant%20Relationship.pdf
Hey David: try channeling Eugene Debs, then compare with Bernie.
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