Hey "Democratic-Socialists!" About 7 in 10 Americans in a recent poll say they have more trust in the free market than in the government:

But keep attacking capitalism. Great idea.

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M

It's a missaplied term anyway. Not even Bernie or AOC have socialist policies. They just advocate a more controlled and egalitarian form of capitalism.

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@Burnley123 I remember reading an editorial from a German newspaper years ago. The writer was perplexed over how Republicans in the US kept calling Obama a socialist, when by European standards, according to this writer, Obama was "slightly right of center."

I agree that the word is over-used in the US.

SW-User

@Burnley123 Right -- the ongoing debate about actual socialism. Hence my quotes around the term. It's become a neologism at this point though.

SW-User

@DrWatson I used to scream it: "OBAMA IS A CENTRIST!" No one cared. The real left in the U.S. was aware though (Chomsky, The Nation).