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9. Ahhhh...he's a socialist, not a Democrat. Big difference. No transit fares, city-owned grocery stores...

Reply to tanyev (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 26, 2025, 07:12 PM

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Come on, capital/money has to circulate in a capitalist society or it fails. There is no extant socialist society that is successful, nor has there ever been.

Troktsky. Lenin, Stalin, Khruschev, Brezhnev tried it. All failed. Gorbechov tried to. reform it but was forced out by drunkard Yeltsin, only to yield to whatever Putin is.

Socialism/communism doesn't work. Let's not fool ourselves. Societies work by quality products and services being created and their creators get compensated for their time, labor and creativity by charging a reasonable profit for themselves.

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