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ColoringFool

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22. The Intended Audience? Democrats Need No "Lesson," And.....

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Jun 28, 2026, 04:42 AM

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Republicans will loathe FDR if you call him a Social Democrat, a Democrat, or a kumquat!

REPUBLICANS ARE FIRST, FOREMOST, and FOREVER PRO-CAPITAL and PRO-OWNERSHIP OF CAPITAL, and thus ANTI-TAXATION and ANTI-SOCIAL-PROGRAMS.

Their attachment of Christianity to the above is the Great Cognitive Dissonance---or CYNICISM---of the last hundred years, if not of all human history.

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FDR was a social Democrat: [View all] applegrove Jun 27 OP

Stalin................... Lovie777 Jun 27 #1

Stalin was his own brand of evil. RandySF Jun 27 #4

Stalin was not a communist. Just like trump is not a president of the people. erronis Jun 27 #6

Hence, the WWII term "Allies" (US and USSR) and not "Friends." ColoringFool Sunday #21

Because Rick said so. RandySF Jun 27 #2

Yes, he did. He was a mainstream Dem who implemented wnylib Jun 27 #10

Capitalism needs regulation to maximize benefit the same way nuclear reactors do. Beartracks Jun 27 #12

Totally agree. wnylib Sunday #18

The absurd myth that FDR wasn't a capitalist isn't going away. betsuni Sunday #17

This 'democratic socialist' nonsense is getting ridiculous. J_William_Ryan Jun 27 #3

The billionaire-owned mass media is to blame Mysterian Sunday #24

From what Heather Cox Richardson says, Ike and the 1956 Republicans were too. dem4decades Jun 27 #5

I guarantee you nobody on DU hates social democrats or democratic socialists RandySF Jun 27 #7

Liberal Democrat here................. Lovie777 Jun 27 #8

What's a social democrat? Boo1 Jun 27 #9

That's actually pretty good! calimary Jun 27 #13

Party parties. Boo1 Sunday #16

I love parties! SocialDemocrat61 Jun 27 #14

A famous establishment democratic socialist said Democrats "go to nice cocktail parties and walk out betsuni Sunday #15

What's a "fiscal conservative?" Mysterian Sunday #25

Stalin was a communist in the same way Trump is a Christian. johnp3907 Jun 27 #11

Of course no President is perfect, but FDR is someone who found moral redemption from his battle with polio, Uncle Joe Sunday #19

De rien Oncle Joe. applegrove Sunday #20

The Intended Audience? Democrats Need No "Lesson," And..... ColoringFool Sunday #22

FDR realized capitalism needed a sprinkle of socialism to keep it in check. Emile Sunday #23

And FDR was a dedicated and effective Antifa leader, too Easterncedar Sunday #26

The media and much of the political consultancy stress these labels and that's the biggest problem. I really Nanjeanne Sunday #27