tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post5034219288232795745..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: Make socialism credible againSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-48193025007246386722017-01-26T09:28:23.781-05:002017-01-26T09:28:23.781-05:00Well, there must come a time when the intelligent ...Well, there must come a time when the intelligent human beings must do what is necessary to ensure a better future for humanity, regardless of what the rank-and-file want. If that means squashing the liberties - civil or other - that such lumpenproletariet who refuse to adapt possess, then so be it. The wants of homo oblivious ignoramus must take a back seat to the future of humanity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-20964036027051647762017-01-25T12:22:35.369-05:002017-01-25T12:22:35.369-05:00The U.S. Constitution empowers political minoritie...The U.S. Constitution empowers political minorities to say "no" in effective ways despite losing elections, but the American left in modern times really seems to think that opposition will simply melt away in the face of presidential-election mandates and hasn't learned how to cope when people keep saying no. The question is how differently socialists would deal with that than Democrats. It's not about disobeying law but preventing laws from being made through legislative maneuvering and partisan propaganda, and Marxists historically have had little tolerance for that. That's why I raised the question of the SPUSA's commitment to civil liberties.<br /><br />As for whether socialism was ever credible, people who are only out for themselves are skeptical about many things.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-48460992166466019382017-01-25T11:58:38.539-05:002017-01-25T11:58:38.539-05:00"We recognize that electing the first woman t..."We recognize that electing the first woman to the presidency is an important and long-overdue milestone for the United States,"<br /><br />Why should the gender matter? This drive to elect the "first woman president" is sexist. A person's gender has no place in a discussion as to suitability for public office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-89608418591127509992017-01-25T11:04:57.829-05:002017-01-25T11:04:57.829-05:00"would be whether they believe people can say..."would be whether they believe people can say no to Socialism and keep saying no after Socialists win elections." Depends on what, exactly, you mean by that. People should NOT feel they ever have a "right" to disobey the law - whether they agree with the political ideology of those who wrote and passed it. So hypothetically, if Socialists won elections and became a majority of representatives in Congress, so were actually in a position to legislate, then no, "the people" have no right to keep saying "no". Anymore than people had a right to say "no" to Obama or will have a right to say "no" to tRump.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-36095613915355881052017-01-25T10:59:46.496-05:002017-01-25T10:59:46.496-05:00@ Unknown:
Far more credible than what we currentl...@ Unknown:<br />Far more credible than what we currently have. Unless you enjoy someone else telling you what your time is worth, and selling you on a dream that will never come true.<br /><br />The problem with socialism, is that it can ONLY work correctly if the people want it, which means the people have to stop being ignorant, uneducated dolts (such as "unknown", above) who simply listen to what capitalists tell them that socialism is, rather than exploring the concept for themselves. If it is forced on people, the result will be, at best, what you have in most of Europe and, at worst, what you have in much of South America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-73439243298057588682017-01-23T16:38:27.689-05:002017-01-23T16:38:27.689-05:00Credible?...it was never credible. Credible?...it was never credible. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017723239609220330noreply@blogger.com