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Eric Adams will save NYC from that communist!

so was Reagan until he decided to run for the presidency and needed the help of crazy ultra-right loony religious conservatives!

That's right. Reagan's hero was FDR, but for all his anti-government talk Reagan was a firm believer in socialism - especially when it came to pubic control over the means of production regarding politically incorrect drugs.
 
How much of your material wealth has come from the state?
Wrong question. How much of our resources do you consume to generate your wealth? The phony religion of libertarianism pretends that everyone owns a lemonaid stand that takes up no space, eats no resources, requires nothing from external forces, and just generates income commiserate with the individual talents of the person running it. That is just stupid and has never been the case. IT’s not even real. Just entitled AMericans who pretend they believe this shit like astrology.
 
He is proposing that the people own the means of production? First I've heard of it.

Socialism is public control over the means of production. The people are represented by the government.
 
Wrong question.


No, it’s the right question - evidenced by your refusal to answer it.

How much of our resources do you consume to generate your wealth?

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The phony religion of libertarianism pretends that everyone owns a lemonaid stand that takes up no space, eats no resources, requires nothing from external forces, and just generates income commiserate with the individual talents of the person running it. That is just stupid and has never been the case. IT’s not even real. Just entitled AMericans who pretend they believe this shit like astrology.

Any translators in the audience?
 
No, it’s the right question - evidenced by your refusal to answer it.



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Any translators in the audience?
It’s plain English. You’re not educated on the subject enough to answer, so I understand why you’re asking for help.
 
Socialism is public control over the means of production. The people are represented by the government.
Well.... we are splitting hairs here. A colloquialism would be to say, "the people own the means of production." I don't really want to have a semantic argument so let's say we are both right.

But public control can take many forms including, community ownership, state ownership, common ownership, employee ownership, cooperative ownership, etc. It is worth noting that social ownership of the means of production is the defining characteristic of a socialist economy and I have not heard him propose any of the above. Did I miss something?
 
But public control can take many forms including, community ownership, state ownership, common ownership, employee ownership, cooperative ownership, etc.

Yes, but 99% of the time it's state ownership/control.

It is worth noting that social ownership of the means of production is the defining characteristic of a socialist economy and I have not heard him propose any of the above. Did I miss something?

Mixed economies contain both capitalist and socialist institutions. Public housing is a socialist one - and Mamdani wants to build lots of public housing projects.
 
Trump is not as anti-socialist as you think.

Trump is a NYC liberal who is on record supporting wealth taxes, universal healthcare, and gun confiscation sans due process.
Don't forget this is the same guy whose party just passed a bill that gives money to people just for being born.

Mark
 
So do I. I want the left to get a real taste of what it is they think they want.
Yes, they got a taste of what life is like under Woke Corporate Dems in New York and Kalifornia, and now they're going to get a real taste of Communism.

Mark
 
If nothing else, four years with this Communist will teach New Yorkers a valuable lesson.

Mark

That's only if he can make his plans happen. This kid has never even had a real job.
 
According Leftist idiots, it CAN succeed if it's done properly.

Mark
I guess someone forgot to tell that to the Nordics.
 
If one bowed out the other could probably beat Mamdani.

Agreed.

I basically consider myself a progressive, but Mamdani is not the future of the Democratic party - not now. Maybe 10-15 years from now? Who knows...
 
Agreed.

I basically consider myself a progressive, but Mamdani is not the future of the Democratic party - not now. Maybe 10-15 years from now? Who knows...

Really. How could you be a progressive and not like Mamdani? He's basically Bernie Sanders, except younger, smarter, and with superior political skills.
 
Really. How could you be a progressive and not like Mamdani? He's basically Bernie Sanders, except younger, smarter, and with superior political skills.

I believe in the old adage that politics is the art of the possible.
 
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