I am not sure I claimed it was a bad word. I just said I am not one. Every society (ok there may be some who don't) has some capitalism and some socialism, and lots of other ism's too. I am stupid, but I do spend a lot of time trying to continue to educate myself so someday maybe I won't be. I don't know. Whatever words you want to use, I didn't agree with a lot of his policies or at least felt that he was way over-promising on what he could actually deliver.
I'm afraid that "stupid" is pretty much a part of the basic human condition. What's scary is when people think it doesn't apply to them.
Bernie's ideas about healthcare and education are right for the economy and are the best capitalistic tools imho - since human resources are the most important resources for the economy - so labeling it as socialist ideas is just wrong, imho - it is a progressive and correct capitalistic idea which values long-term success over short-term dollar bills. But, this is big fucking ship to turn, and Bernie was trying to turn an aircraft carrier as if he was riding the rapids in a kayak.
It might have turned out very differently if the pandemic had hit a couple of months earlier. Sometimes in politics you get lucky with unforeseen events, sometime you don't. barfo
Yes, because for some, instead of promoting their own views/policies, the only way to make themselves look good is to try to make someone else look bad.
I just hope that other Bernie supporters will realize what I did and come to their senses come November. While Biden is not my ideal candidate (far from it), he is not anywhere close to being as bad as Trump. For me, there is a very clear lesser of two evils. First time in a while, I'm actually intrigued by potential VP candidates.
Honestly, to me, Clinton botched it by picking Kaine. If Biden pulls a blunder and goes with a Kaine/Palin type VP candidate, it'll be a slaughter.
Once again Oregon got to play such a huge role in deciding who the nominee is. Iowa yes. Oregon, fuck off!
His ideas were labled socialist to fearmonger, to stop people from voting for a change to the status quo. To keep an archaic system in place, that is geared only to keep the rich, rich. Not surprisingly it worked.
