The current freak-out by Donald Trump, J. D. Vance, Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller, and other right-wingers about democratic socialism is quite rational. In socialism, they see a formidable foe.

The current freak-out by Donald Trump, J. D. Vance, Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller, and other right-wingers about democratic socialism is quite rational. In socialism, they see a formidable foe.

  • GalacticRobot
    12·
    1 day ago

    After all, we can kill thousands of people with the press of a button! Isn’t that wicked cool enough? You want food, too?

    China does the exact same thing and the people in general are worse off. But you go queen.

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
      11·
      1 day ago

      How do you figure that Chinese people are worse off than Americans? In what regard?

      China has had serious problems in the past, but they systematically addressed them, and now they are poised to have an amazing future.

      OTH, it’s hard to imagine America having a decent future, without a similar commitment to systematic change, and other than the Progressives, NOBODY is willing to make that commitment.

      We need to stop finding excuses why we shouldn’t emulate countries that are demonstrating proven success with their policies, and start borrowing ideas, and do it for the next quarter century.

      But that will never happen as long as MAGA and their Democratic Quislings keep blocking any sort of progress on behalf of the Sociopathic Oligarchs.