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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Underwood" data-source="post: 432990" data-attributes="member: 35">I don&#039;t necessarily believe Mamdani will follow through on all of his promises, as most politicians don&#039;t.&nbsp; However, the establishment&#039;s response to him is quite telling.The resolution is stupid and pointless.&nbsp; It was meant to reassure the oligarchs that nothing will change.&nbsp; One might say the applied definition of hypocrisy includes condemning socialism as it pertains to helping the poor while supporting corporate subsidies and a trillion-dollar military budget.&nbsp; Programs like SNAP came to a halt and Medicaid is facing huge cuts, but politicians will never stop spending billions on Israel&#039;s genocide in Gaza, the Ukraine War, or a bailout in Argentina.&nbsp; Socialism is ultimately a matter of priorities.The establishment just loves to muddy the water when it comes to socialism.&nbsp; When people on the left say they want socialism, what they&#039;re typically referring to is Nordic social democracy.&nbsp; According to Google, it&#039;s &quot;a political and economic system characterized by a mixed economy, a strong universal welfare state, and a commitment to social equality and individual freedoms. It combines free-market capitalism with extensive public services like universal healthcare and education, funded by high taxes, and a corporatist labor market with high levels of unionization. This model aims to provide high standards of living, reduce income inequality, and promote gender equality.&quot;A mixed economy is what we have now.&nbsp; Schools, police, firefighters, the post office, etc. are all forms of socialism.&nbsp; Most people I know who advocate for social democracy aren&#039;t calling for an end to capitalism.&nbsp; We just want to strengthen the existing social safety nets, introduce new ones like universal healthcare, and provide a living wage.&nbsp; The tax burden would be placed on the highest earners who could most afford it.&nbsp; The existing system is intentionally designed so that the rich get richer and everybody else is stifled.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Underwood, post: 432990, member: 35"] I don't necessarily believe Mamdani will follow through on all of his promises, as most politicians don't. However, the establishment's response to him is quite telling. The resolution is stupid and pointless. It was meant to reassure the oligarchs that nothing will change. One might say the applied definition of hypocrisy includes condemning socialism as it pertains to helping the poor while supporting corporate subsidies and a trillion-dollar military budget. Programs like SNAP came to a halt and Medicaid is facing huge cuts, but politicians will never stop spending billions on Israel's genocide in Gaza, the Ukraine War, or a bailout in Argentina. Socialism is ultimately a matter of priorities. The establishment just loves to muddy the water when it comes to socialism. When people on the left say they want socialism, what they're typically referring to is Nordic social democracy. According to Google, it's "a political and economic system characterized by a mixed economy, a strong universal welfare state, and a commitment to social equality and individual freedoms. It combines free-market capitalism with extensive public services like universal healthcare and education, funded by high taxes, and a corporatist labor market with high levels of unionization. This model aims to provide high standards of living, reduce income inequality, and promote gender equality." A mixed economy is what we have now. Schools, police, firefighters, the post office, etc. are all forms of socialism. Most people I know who advocate for social democracy aren't calling for an end to capitalism. We just want to strengthen the existing social safety nets, introduce new ones like universal healthcare, and provide a living wage. The tax burden would be placed on the highest earners who could most afford it. The existing system is intentionally designed so that the rich get richer and everybody else is stifled. [/QUOTE]

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