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34. There's absolutely no danger that the US is going to suddenly go completely socialist

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:30 PM

Jul 5

in the 2 - 4 years after the next elections. Even if we actually succeeded in electing every one of the most socialist candidates on the ballot, we'd be lucky to get even an inch or two closer to fairness and affordability.

All we ask is for a little more socialistic approach to some of the basic necessities of life, such as health care.

We need more elected officials on the left who can help push the Overton Window in the right (i.e., left!) direction.

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and there's the opponent's theme song....Communism/Socialism......it'll kill us. Gotta get on top of this [View all] a kennedy Jul 4 OP

this is "they are eating the dogs" only "they " is us. rampartd Jul 4 #1

No, it won't. Ocelot II Jul 4 #2

"NoBoDy WaNtS tO wOrK" durablend Jul 5 #27

i was called one of them things when i was in high school because i wanted to protect the environment. AllaN01Bear Jul 4 #3

So dramatic! -misanthroptimist Jul 5 #4

The Scandinavian countries are not socialist. They are constitutional monarchies (except for Iceland) Ocelot II Jul 5 #8

Oh, bullshit. (See: No True Scotsman Fallacy) -misanthroptimist Jul 5 #10

Read the article. *They* don't even think they're socialists. Ocelot II Jul 5 #11

Great! Then Democratic Socialists aren't socialist -misanthroptimist Jul 5 #12

The DSA probably are socialists. The Scandinavians aren't. Ocelot II Jul 5 #13

"A real voice" is dramatically different from... -misanthroptimist Jul 5 #14

No, the one where Danish PM explains they're "far from a socialist planned economy. Denmark is a market economy." betsuni Jul 5 #16

Whoosh! There it went! -misanthroptimist Jul 5 #17

What is the point? betsuni Jul 5 #18

See post #4 above -misanthroptimist Jul 5 #19

"So what is it about socialism that Republicans are agains?" The countries listed are not socialist. betsuni Jul 5 #20

There's absolutely no danger that the US is going to suddenly go completely socialist snot Jul 5 #34

We need to control our own message, not react to theirs struggle4progress Jul 5 #5

I'm not worried Fiendish Thingy Jul 5 #6

Anybody who thinks we do not have to fight this is delusional! tableturner Jul 5 #7

You don't ignore it but you don't have to explain it newdeal2 Jul 5 #9

This is the 2026/28 talking point Mz Pip Jul 5 #31

A majority of the DSA leadership openly identify as Communists. pcdb Jul 5 #33

James Carville spoke out against them Mz Pip Jul 5 #36

I agree that if the party isn't on top of this fujiyamasan Jul 5 #15

On the plus side, they seem to be giving up on trans hate for this election cycle. Vinca Jul 5 #21

Don't bet on that. BannonsLiver Jul 5 #26

Watch Clinton malaise Jul 5 #22

Decades late for that. Blue Full Moon Jul 5 #23

Trump talking with actual commie. Blue Full Moon Jul 5 #24

I must have missed the genesis of this but we got DUers who are BIG SKEERED of Donnie's words again. BannonsLiver Jul 5 #25

Depressing, isn't it? -misanthroptimist Jul 5 #29

It is in the sense that we're 11 years into maga and we have people who are still soft. BannonsLiver Jul 5 #30

Sure, they're soft. They have to be. -misanthroptimist Jul 5 #32

The right has been calling Dems socialist/communists since FDR... Thomas Hurt Jul 5 #28

Blah, quit taking the bait and inflaming the rank and file duckworth969 Jul 5 #35

There is a pattern LetMyPeopleVote Monday #37