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AMERICAN THINKE

February 25, 2020

The Rebranding of Socialism as "Democratic Socialism"


While it may be true that “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” (Shakespeare) it is also true that socialism by any other name still smells like socialism.

As we approach this year’s elections, the purveyors of socialism have tried to rebrand their product by calling it “democratic socialism.”  The sales force and marketing department of democratic socialism, the Democratic Party, and the mainstream media, are plying a new fairy tale that democratic socialism is nothing like socialism.  

No siree, nothing like it, they sing in chorus.  The chorus, however, is badly out of tune.  Democratic socialism is not the wonderland of inclusiveness, social justice, equality, and happiness it is advertised to be.  

It will not end human exploitation and it will not save the planet.  It is still socialism, just with a new name.  Socialism has never worked for any nation and it will not work in this country, even with a new name.

Because all of the current Democratic candidates for president have generally the same schemes in mind as the current leader of the pack, Bernie Sanders, let’s just call the programs the Sanders Plan.

Sen. Sanders proposes, for example, to completely wipe out the natural gas, coal and oil industries.  In their place, he would create a government owned electric company to produce wind, solar and geothermal energy.  Overlooking for the moment that the proposal is technically absurd, creating a government monopoly producer is the very definition of socialism.

Sen. Sanders proposes to spend $16.3 trillion on his “green new deal” which is supposed to address a concern that has yet to be proven using means that have no proof of positive effect.  That money will come from massive redistribution of wealth, another definition of socialism.

Sen. Sanders proposes to provide free health care to all as well as free college.  This is the government exerting massive control over the lives of its subjects, at a massive cost.  Again, classic socialism.

The list goes on with proposals that will require everything from rebuilding homes and huge government-owned housing projects to dictating how farming will occur.  The program includes “breaking up” big businesses, prosecuting banks, companies, and executives for “past crimes against the environment,” and dictating the car you can drive.  This is socialism heading toward communism.

Many, if not most, of the programs find some basis in identity politics.  Previous socialists promoted class warfare between the haves and have nots.  Today’s identity politics speaks of race and gender as the basis of public policy.  The bad guys in old time socialism were capitalists.  The battle now is with white privileged males.  However you slice it, it still features class warfare and is still socialism.

The new socialism, Democratic Socialism, is pledged to bring about race and gender equality, income equality and general goodness.  Individual liberties, private property and the concept of a competitive market will not be surrendered willingly.  To achieve this, the new socialism will have to be just as authoritarian as the old socialism.  

History shows us that when one group attempts to take goods and freedoms away from another to redistribute to other favored groups, conflict occurs.  Who gets what?  Who gets the best land, the best houses, the best jobs, the best medical treatment.  Who will be favored to supply the solar panels and wind turbines? The list goes on.

When a free market no longer allocates production and consumption, or determines level of reward for effort, a central control must do this and chaos, inefficiency and a state of war are sure to follow.  This is where democratic socialism will go because it is nothing more than socialism and we have a great deal of historical precedent to see how it works. 

The current crop of apologists for democratic socialism love to point their listeners to the “Nordic model” of democratic socialism as they claim is practiced in countries such as Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland.  

They love to point to the economic success of Norway as proof positive that democratic socialism works.  Unfortunately for the purveyors, Norway’s economic success derives mostly from abundant natural resources and its success and well-being predates its venture toward socialism.  Norway does control its oil industry but most other businesses have limited government involvement.  

In fact, today most Nordic nations are moving away from socialism.  Norway and Denmark deny they are socialist and describe themselves as “free market” economies.  

Many state-owned businesses have been privatized.  In 2012, Sweden topped privatization initiatives globally, according to a study by the Heritage Foundation. Many of the welfare systems are being cut back.  

Why is this happening?  Because the shortcomings of democratic socialism are becoming more apparent.

What are the shortcomings of the Nordic democratic socialist system? Exactly what history always finds.  First and foremost, taxes are astronomical, running as high as 60 percent. 

People want freedom to control their own lives, work where they want to work and buy what they wish. Because there is little or no economic incentive, innovation becomes rare and few new ideas and products appear.  

With the need for government regulation and control, bureaucracies grow and this is non-productive labor. There is no reward to produce more when people have their individual needs met so they often give up and leave the workforce increasing costs even more.  

The people of Norway and other countries are choosing to leave this behind and return to market capitalism or, maybe as they term it, compassionate capitalism.

Where then is the real danger?  Not in our current form of government but clearly in abandoning it and adapting socialism by whatever name the Democrats choose to call it.

Ask yourself, how would you benefit from giving up what you have to adapt the servitude of socialism?  Why would you want to adapt what others who have tried it are abandoning?

As is attributed to Winston Churchill, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.


[Dave Ball is a conservative political commentator and author.  He is a frequent guest on talk shows and is an elected official and party office holder.]

Ragin' virago Lizzie Warren aka "Fauxcahontas"



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35 comments:

  1. With that old street corner commie at the helm, the electoral crash will be spectacular.

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    1. Probably, but the LAST thing we need teo b right now is either SMUG , COMPLACENT or OVERCONFIDENT.

      Communism is a work of the Devil, and as such must be RESPECTED for its incredibly strong NEGATIVE , PERNCIOUS influence.

      Satan never stops fighting, even though he knows he can't win in the end.

      WE must remain VIGILANT against the wit and wiles of the Evil One.

      Never turn your back on Beelzebub.

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    2. Give till it hurts to the GOP. Most of them are wishy washy bastards, but they are the only alternative to the diabolical communists disguised as Democrats.

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    4. You've been amply WARNED, Less Lee, that your moronic, odious, intensely BORING presence will NOT be TOLERATED HERE.

      To US you are a nothing but a stalking DEAD MAN.

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  2. The Democrats will become entrapped in a labyrinth of their own making, and their cannibalistic hunger for more and more socialism will never be satiated.

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    1. Valentine Brown said:

      Mr. Bulfinch! Are you related to the Thoma Bullfinch who wrote that great book on Greek andRoman, Mythology, and the legends of King Arthur and other Mediaeval tales? It was one of the great joys of my childhood.

      Apparently Thomas Bulfibh', who died in 1867, led the field unchllenged until Edith Hamilton dug deeper and produced more advanced scholarship in 1942.

      Fascinating stuff!

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  3. I think that Warren is trying to position herself as the VP candidate.

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    1. WARREN ought to start shopping for a HEADSTONE at the Happy Hunting Burial Grounds.

      That's all SHE'S good for at this point.

      FAUXCAHANTAS is the absloute WORST of the WORST.

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    3. You've been amply WARNED, Less Lee, that your moronic, odious, intensely BORING presence will NOT be TOLERATED HERE.

      To US you are a nothing but a stalking DEAD MAN.

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  4. Little Billy BatshitFebruary 25, 2020 at 4:06 PM

    The fat broads and man-hating Marxist lesbians can't decide between Warren or Sanders.

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  5. Rat Turd Nation USSRFebruary 25, 2020 at 5:48 PM

    I vote Democrat to stand up for the horse-faced lesbians, fat broads, and loudmouth progressive bitches everywhere!

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  6. Oh what a jolly display put on by the Democrat Socialists last night!

    Democratic debate: Chaos reigns as shouting match breaks out in South Carolina

    That shabby old mountebank commie Bernie haranguing the crowd from his orange crate, screaming himself hoarse.

    Hapless Joe Biden flapping his arms trying to stay relevant, and that shrieking fishwife Elizabeth Warren scolding us all from her lectern.

    Best entertainment on TV!

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    2. You've been amply WARNED, Less Lee, that your moronic, odious, intensely BORING presence will NOT be TOLERATED HERE.

      To US you are a nothing but a stalking DEAD MAN.

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  7. Sorry, Democrats: Party's Over

    American Thinker

    by E.M. Cadwalader

    There is something deeply satisfying about watching the ironically named Democratic Party consume itself at every turn. I have tried to summon up some human pity for the carnage –– but frankly I just can’t.

    If Joe Biden weren’t a corrupt, crude, shallow, self-righteous fondler of people’s children I could probably muster some sympathy for him. There he stands behind the bright blue podium, almost dizzy under the lights, recounting past accomplishments no one ever heard of. He is a creature beyond his time –– a sad figure who has made the subtle crossover from predictable dishonesty into agonized dementia.

    But Joe is a corrupt, crude, shallow, self-righteous . . .

    BLETHERNG BIDEN IS NOW IRRELEVANT, SO WHY CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT HIM? THERE ARE BIGGER, NASTIER, LIVELIER, FAR MORE EVIL AND DANGEROUS FISH TO FRY THAN A PATHETIC HAS-BEEN WHO NEVER WAS –– MUCH.

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  8. A HAPPIFYING NEW HEADLINE

    Trump Administration Lunches New Unit to Strip US Citizenship from Foreign-Born Terrorists, Criminals (Fox)

    THE ONLY THING WRONG WITH THAT IS ITS FAILURE TO INCLUDE N_A_T_U_R_A_L-B_O_R_N AMERICANS WHO'VE GONE OVER TO THE DARK SIDE.

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    1. Democrats are screaming foul.

      President Trump is attacking their core constituency.

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    2. The D'Rat Constituency:

      DUPES
      WELL-MEANING FOOLS
      CREEPS
      CRIMINALS
      MALCONTENTS
      N'E'ER-DO-WELLS
      MENTALLY ILL
      WEAKLINGS
      DRUG ADDICTS
      RAGE ADDICTS
      PARANOIACS
      SADISTS
      MASOCHISTS
      MISFITS
      LIARS
      CHEATERS
      THIEVES

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  9. Better a stalking dead man than a stinking calcified Satanic Messenger from Hell. Something YOU excel at being franco.

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    1. Tou're getting better and better at tickling yy funny bone every day, Less Lee.

      My GOD! You really ARE the THE most egregious example of an unmitigated ASS I've ever seen.

      I may have to wind up making a PET of you –– complete with studded dog collar and chain –- and ALWAYS on SHORT RATIONS.

      };^D=

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    2. A wag once observed, if you can't be relevant, at least be witty. Lester RN is neither.

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    3. Yes, of course, Ivery true, Ida, but please let ME handle it. The less said about Less Lee the better.

      I will NOT allow ANY trolling cretin to HIJACK this blog.

      P_L_E_A_S_E DON'T speak either TO him or ABOUT him.

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  11. Yes, of course, but please let ME handle it. The less said about Less Lee the better.

    I will NOT allow ANY trolling cretin to HIJACK this blog.

    P_L_E_A_S_E DON'T speak either TO him or ABOUT him.

    It only makes the situation worse.

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  12. NANCY POLLUTI NOW SET TO MAKE HER METROPOLITIAN OPERA DEBUT AT AGE EIGHTY SINGING THE TITLE ROLE IN PONCHIELLI'S LA GIOCANDA. THE ROLE PROMINENTLY FEATURES "S_U_I_C_D_I_O" KNOWN IN ENGLISH AS "THE SUICIDE AIR."


    I WILL Beat Donald Trump Vows Bernie Sanders as Nancy Pelosi Says Democrats Will Unite Behind Their Candidate 'No Matter Whothe Winner Is'

    Daily Mail (UK)

    by Geoff Earle

    Sen. Bernie Sanderson Wednesday repeatedly pledged that he would defeat President Trump – after rivals raised doubts about his electability and have begun warning his socialist label could imperil the ticket. 'I know sometimes you can turn on the TV, you can hear some of these guys say Bernie can’t beat Trump, he said in a possible reference to rivals Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, and Pete Buttigieg who have highlighted the risks of him as Democratic presidential nominee.'Well, let me say something to then. Take a look at the last 50 – five-zero – poll . . .

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  13. TODAY'S FEATURED ARTICLES at Lucianne.com NEWS FORUM HOMEPAGE:


    1. Hillary Clinton took more cash from Harvey Weinstein than any other Demorat .

    Hillary throwing Harvey under the bus but keeping all the money.

    2. Be quite careful if you’re wishing for a nominee named Bernie

    2020 sounding a lot like 1968

    3. Democrat chaos in Chicago.

    4. Harvey Weinstein in ‘Disbelief,’

    As He Remains In Hospital:

    5. ‘He Didn’t Do Anything Wrong’


    He'll be held in Rikers where Jeffrey Epstein supposedly committed suicide.

    '6. Swift Boat' sequel? Military pitch threatens to backfire on Buttigieg<

    A nother stolen valor Democrat?

    7. How Can Bernie Sanders Happen in America?

    The dumbing down of our youth is the reason.

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  14. The Democrat Party is cracked. Their nomination will come down to one of three choices:

    1. Shabby old millionaire commie peddling discredited 1930's policies

    2. Plutocrat billionaire authoritarian

    3. Broken-down Democrat glue horse

    Saddest of all, many in the DNC Establishment dream of Hellary flying in on her broom to save them (see #3 above)

    BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!

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  15. More Commie Than Bernie

    American Greatness

    by Angelo Codevilla

    Mayor Pete Buttigieg is even more thoroughly a Communist than Bernie Sanders. That this strikes the reader as nonsense testifies to the media’s laziness, and, yes, illiteracy. More likely than not, Pete’s politics follow the script of Antonio Gramsci, the centerpiece of whose teaching is how to exercise Communist hegemony more firmly than Lenin and Stalin. In fact, young Pete assisted his father, Notre Dame English professor Joseph Buttigieg, president of the International Gramsci Society, in editing the English translation of Gramsci’s works—writings about which it is impossible to be neutral. Far from neutral, the elder Buttigieg was among the world’s biggest fans of that most totalitarian of totalitarian theorists . . .

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  16. Is Bernie Sanders the American Version of Jeremy Corbyn? Gulp!

    New York Magazine

    by Andrew Sullivan

    With Bernie Sanders’s relentless rise, the specter of Jeremy Corbyn now hangs over the Democratic race. At times, it’s uncanny how similar the two left-populist leaders are.

    An outlier long at odds with his party’s establishment? Check.

    A legislator with decades of voting who has almost no legislation to call his own? Yep.

    A 70-something beloved by 20-somethings? Check.

    An insurgent movement with cultish overtones that took over the party from more moderate figures? Yes.

    A more left-wing platform than any in his party’s history? Uh-huh.

    A man with many, many embarrassing connections in the past with hard-left figures across the globe? Oh yeah.

    Someone who hasn’t changed his mind Uh Huh! . . .

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