Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

CousinIT

(12,938 posts)
2. I don't see anybody sending it back...
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 08:58 AM
Monday

I don't see anybody who gets socialism benefits in America sending it back. Does your Republican auntie send her Social Security check back with a note saying: "I DON'T ACCEPT SOCIALISM!"? Of course she does not.

Do Republican Congressmembers refuse the socialism-provided healthcare that US taxpayers fund for them while they continuously try to cut or eliminate ours - and insist that single-payer or nationalized healthcare is ‘bad’ even though they are using it themselves along with our military and VA? Of course, they do not.

Do people who despise social-democratic institutions and benefits refuse to use public roads, fire departments, police, and libraries? NOPE.

How many MAGA/Republican voters on Medicare refuse their Medicare coverage because they don’t like “socialism”? Yeah. ZERO.

Democratic socialism (or social Democracy, if you’d rather) works.

That’s why the Christofascist, white nationalist, authoritarian regime that is now the Republican Party (and before that the old Republican Party) despises it.

They don’t like anything that works for the common good. Have you noticed? They only like what gives them more power over the rest of us and what enriches the billionaires. That’s it.

Talk about parasites. They nurse on the public teat they proclaim to hate, all while working desperately to shred the thin safety net that helps the most desperate among us - and all to empower themselves and enrich the already wealthy.

What a vile bunch of pretentious hypocrites, those Republicans.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»75 ways socialism has imp...»Reply #2