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gulliver

(13,985 posts)
15. Most people think Democratic Socialism is the same as Social Democracy
Sun Nov 16, 2025, 08:29 PM
Nov 2025

But they're completely different. And Bill Maher is 100% right.

I'm glad we're the Democratic Party. We've got the right idea (more like Social Democracy). The idea of "seizing the means of production," is the Democratic Socialist idea, and it's tragic how plausible it sounds, while being impossible. It's grasping at straws. It makes for a huge self-grifting CF that steers us to a well-known dead end. Corruption, murder, mass poverty. They're all predictable as obvious.

We really need more authentically virtuous people to step up to the plate and help refocus and unconfuse more folks. Competence. Toughness. Compassion. Courage. Brains. We have a lot of those folks in the Democratic Party. I really wish Bernie would come over to the Democrats. He seems like he is getting closer.

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Oh. Is he still on? 3_Limes Nov 2025 #1
precisely. B.See Nov 2025 #6
Democratic Socialism means you believe in capitalism, but Baitball Blogger Nov 2025 #2
Who cares? H2O Man Nov 2025 #3
I was going to say the exact thing that you have. So ditto! Greybnk48 Nov 2025 #20
This is the kind of bullshit that makes me johnnyfins Nov 2025 #4
He a TV celebrity and they always have SocialDemocrat61 Nov 2025 #7
All of this bullshit coming from LilElf70 Nov 2025 #5
Maher is not a billionaire. Not even close. nt Celerity Nov 2025 #14
Good LilElf70 Nov 2025 #16
So you put forth a false statement that he is worth at least $2 billion. Abolishinist Nov 2025 #19
I Don't Agree ProfessorGAC Nov 2025 #8
I don't understand why you'd be "embarrassed" by Maher supporting capitalism. muriel_volestrangler Nov 2025 #9
I hope that's a recent, for-real, non-AI photo of Maher. Paladin Nov 2025 #10
I think a lot of people are sick TheFarseer Nov 2025 #11
All the right people are fearing Mandami... appmanga Nov 2025 #12
i am sure that "capitalism" has killed many millions of people rampartd Nov 2025 #13
Most people think Democratic Socialism is the same as Social Democracy gulliver Nov 2025 #15
"Pro-Capitalist talking points" Boo1 Nov 2025 #17
Maher is Maher, doesn't read, doesn't know, doesn't listen to anyone who does Warpy Nov 2025 #18
He thinks he knows best tavernier Nov 2025 #21
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