LuckyOtter – Who is the economy for, the 1% or the 100%? That really is the question.
Republicans have a new tactic they’re using to turn people away from Democratic candidates who would like to see New Deal style social programs implemented or enhanced: they’re using the scare word “socialism.”
I don’t really understand how that word became such a sore point for so many Republicans. We’re not talking about Stalin-style socialism, which was really communism: a far left form of authoritarianism. Hitler’s “national socialist” party (Nazi Party) wasn’t socialist at all; it was fascist. But Republicans trot out these examples when they try to explain why socialism is so bad.
Democratic socialism and happiness.
Democratic socialism (or social democracy) is the type of government in western and central Europe and most of the advanced industrialized countries. The Scandinavian countries, which are the most socialist in terms of benefits to the people (and high tax rates on the rich), also happen to have the highest happiness indices
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