Socialism in France

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  1. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    Yes we were, but I wasn't try to make a point about how he was going to raise them, just that he was going to raise them.
     
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    Saying taxes are going up without considering the distribution is useless.
     
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    Because........socialists don't appoint, and un-appoint, Marxists?

    Go Blazers
     
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    Did you completely skip over my posts about Obama's membership in the New Party in the 1990s?
     
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  5. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    completely, no. I didn't see them directly called socialists. As far as I know, socialism is when government sponsors financial programs. I do believe nobody doubts the USA has aspects of socialism (post office). So, what is your point? Obama has ties to a party that seems socialist? The French President is a member of the socialist party and calls himself a socialist.
     
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    Um, the point was that Obama was a part of a socialist movement. You asked the question, and I answered it, yet you continue to ask the question of other posters?

    Did you want an answer, or were you being rhetorical?
     
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  7. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    so working with people of different view points means you have their viewpoints?
     
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  8. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    it was partially a joke, partially just sharing the news about the french.
     
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    Oh, got it. Clearly Obama has socialistic roots, at least in terms of his political career. Nothing wrong with that, just not my thing.
     
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    He's barely paying attention to you because the thread is about France and Europe, not you and Obama.
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    His 8-word post, probably a trivial diversion to him while he was busy washing his socks, provoked you into a series of posts that hijacked the thread. He's probably done hanging his socks outside on the clothesline, so you may now resume.
     
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    So you think France has not evolved at all since the times of the Romans?
     
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    France is now 10% Muslim. The country feels that it owes Algeria like Germany feels it owes Israel, so they even lessen prison sentences for Algerian immigrants who get convicted of something.
     
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    That whole scenario seems vaguely familiar.
     
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    Do they have indoor plumbing yet?
     
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    Not a very good definition of socialism. You describe something closer to fascism.

    It's not about government sponsoring anything, it's about common ownership of the means of production.

    Ownership being the key word.
     
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    So you oppose conservatives 99% of the time when they use the word.
     
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    I thought fascism was political ideology like the Jingos.
     
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    Fascism is rigid control of industry by govt.
     
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