Turns out, the skinny kid with a funny name usually turns the tide.
Cute-Ad2879 on
The history of humanity, and the societies we build, is progress. We have always collectively taken steps forward no matter how long it takes, no matter how small those steps are.
Conservatives have never been able to hold the dam shut forever. They need to learn demagogues like Trump speed the process up.
boston_homo on
Sorry DNC is more like it, Schumer and his crew are having none of it, may they all be primaried.
ImLikeReallySmart on
>In sharp contrast to “communists,” democratic socialism is no longer regarded as a bogeyman.
I actually think Republicans have realized that, which is why they’re back to using the word “communist” again
TintedApostle on
“Promote the general welfare” is now considered “Democratic Socialist”. It just stopped being allowed by unfettered capitalists.
Quest_Marker on
Next step would be Atheists right? Or are we still too scary to vote for?
Gaius_Octavius_ on
How about a single Democratic Socialist wins a purple district before we all start celebrating?
Alternative_Rate7474 on
Unfortunately, neither is “35 count convicted felon and possible pedophile.”
Amazing-Artichoke330 on
Bernie Sanders has made democratic socialism respectable in America. Many people love him and his politics.
NAU80 on
Somehow crony-capitalism doesn’t get mentioned in the same breath as Democratic-Socialism. Our country made a hard turn after the Powell memo in the early 70’s. Powell was one who advocated that business was under attack and that they needed to strategize how to influence the population to support their side.
rgvtim on
When everything is socialism and communism, nothing is.
dnext on
Bernie has been a democratic socialist in Congress for 34 years….
Upstairs-Egg on
Republicans can shit and vomit themselves over it.
JaronJervis on
This message should be given to the Democrat party too. As most are still shunning Mamdani. What does that say about the Democrats who are Not popular at all vs. Mamdani who is very popular? Democrats don’t know how to move on, or grow up. The filth at the top with Schumer, Jeffries and other assorted Wall Street Slave drivers need to go YESTERDAY.
MuttTheDutchie on
Republicans will be against it no matter what, they don’t know what words mean.
We need the old farts in the DNC to wake up to the reality.
ripChazmo on
It only ever was because Democrats are the fucking worst at fighting back. They call you a Democratic Socialist? Tell them what that means. Then they’ll be one too.
Bakedads on
Being a republican should be. Heck, it should be illegal, since it involves supporting a terrorist organization intent on overthrowing the US.
Coleslawholywar on
And when New York prospers instead of falls apart we will have a new age in American politics.
CryptographerNew3609 on
But just to make things fair, “pedophile”, “criminal”, “sex offender” and “twice impeached” are also not career ending for republicans.
fountain20 on
Is anything?
GirdedByApathy on
Everyone thank Bernie for this. He’s spent years saying he’s a socialist. He’s never hesitated to claim the label.
QuantumSporck on
As a Democratic Socialist, it’s about damn time!
Competitive_Heat6805 on
Democratic socialism, to me, means there is a MINIMUM standard of living. Here’s the problem right wing folks have with that: if there is a MINIMUM standard of living, then there must be a MAXIMUM standard of living to go along with it and THAT’S what right wing folks have a problem with.
carr1e on
They use the “Democratic Socialist” moniker hoping the connotation is of the old 60’s version: Weather Underground, Abbie Hoffman, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Columbia protest, etc.
Today’s Democratic Socialists are what the left used to be before becoming pawns for PACs.
Kind-City-2173 on
Wish we could just ditch the labels and focus in on their values and policies
DT-Sodium on
Welcome to normal, USA.
Mechareaper on
Yeah, you should tell that to the Democrats in congress too. They fight just as hard to keep anyone with “socialist” ideas out.
TeslaProphet on
That seems fair since “Pedophile, rapist, fraud, and Nazi” are no longer career-enders either.
Rabbitron4 on
Neither is pedophile apparently
GreenTrees797 on
Neither is Racist, Nazi, Pedophile or Criminal.
NotagoK on
The terror in which Republicans speak about Democratic socialism should be all the reason you need to consider it the better option; but if it was the death kiss the way they claim it was the Republicans would be leaving Zohran alone to let him sink the city so they could point to it as a shining example of the failure and dangers of socialism.
But they’re not…they’re fighting tooth and nail in terror against it. Tells you a lot.
Urbanttrekker on
Everything they deem socialism, universal healthcare, public transportation, strong safety net programs, feeding the poor, corporate regulation, fairly taxing the rich….all sound like great things. I guess I’m a socialist now.
ThePoltageist on
It never was, at least not in the modern political landscape, legacy thought it was (see: were afraid it wasn’t) and did everything to stop it and only when more money than ever money-ed into a governor’s campaign before and establishment old guard dems were rebuffed in the nyc mayoral could they no longer pretend it was true.
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Turns out, the skinny kid with a funny name usually turns the tide.
The history of humanity, and the societies we build, is progress. We have always collectively taken steps forward no matter how long it takes, no matter how small those steps are.
Conservatives have never been able to hold the dam shut forever. They need to learn demagogues like Trump speed the process up.
Sorry DNC is more like it, Schumer and his crew are having none of it, may they all be primaried.
>In sharp contrast to “communists,” democratic socialism is no longer regarded as a bogeyman.
I actually think Republicans have realized that, which is why they’re back to using the word “communist” again
“Promote the general welfare” is now considered “Democratic Socialist”. It just stopped being allowed by unfettered capitalists.
Next step would be Atheists right? Or are we still too scary to vote for?
How about a single Democratic Socialist wins a purple district before we all start celebrating?
Unfortunately, neither is “35 count convicted felon and possible pedophile.”
Bernie Sanders has made democratic socialism respectable in America. Many people love him and his politics.
Somehow crony-capitalism doesn’t get mentioned in the same breath as Democratic-Socialism. Our country made a hard turn after the Powell memo in the early 70’s. Powell was one who advocated that business was under attack and that they needed to strategize how to influence the population to support their side.
When everything is socialism and communism, nothing is.
Bernie has been a democratic socialist in Congress for 34 years….
Republicans can shit and vomit themselves over it.
This message should be given to the Democrat party too. As most are still shunning Mamdani. What does that say about the Democrats who are Not popular at all vs. Mamdani who is very popular? Democrats don’t know how to move on, or grow up. The filth at the top with Schumer, Jeffries and other assorted Wall Street Slave drivers need to go YESTERDAY.
Republicans will be against it no matter what, they don’t know what words mean.
We need the old farts in the DNC to wake up to the reality.
It only ever was because Democrats are the fucking worst at fighting back. They call you a Democratic Socialist? Tell them what that means. Then they’ll be one too.
Being a republican should be. Heck, it should be illegal, since it involves supporting a terrorist organization intent on overthrowing the US.
And when New York prospers instead of falls apart we will have a new age in American politics.
But just to make things fair, “pedophile”, “criminal”, “sex offender” and “twice impeached” are also not career ending for republicans.
Is anything?
Everyone thank Bernie for this. He’s spent years saying he’s a socialist. He’s never hesitated to claim the label.
As a Democratic Socialist, it’s about damn time!
Democratic socialism, to me, means there is a MINIMUM standard of living. Here’s the problem right wing folks have with that: if there is a MINIMUM standard of living, then there must be a MAXIMUM standard of living to go along with it and THAT’S what right wing folks have a problem with.
They use the “Democratic Socialist” moniker hoping the connotation is of the old 60’s version: Weather Underground, Abbie Hoffman, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Columbia protest, etc.
Today’s Democratic Socialists are what the left used to be before becoming pawns for PACs.
Wish we could just ditch the labels and focus in on their values and policies
Welcome to normal, USA.
Yeah, you should tell that to the Democrats in congress too. They fight just as hard to keep anyone with “socialist” ideas out.
That seems fair since “Pedophile, rapist, fraud, and Nazi” are no longer career-enders either.
Neither is pedophile apparently
Neither is Racist, Nazi, Pedophile or Criminal.
The terror in which Republicans speak about Democratic socialism should be all the reason you need to consider it the better option; but if it was the death kiss the way they claim it was the Republicans would be leaving Zohran alone to let him sink the city so they could point to it as a shining example of the failure and dangers of socialism.
But they’re not…they’re fighting tooth and nail in terror against it. Tells you a lot.
Everything they deem socialism, universal healthcare, public transportation, strong safety net programs, feeding the poor, corporate regulation, fairly taxing the rich….all sound like great things. I guess I’m a socialist now.
It never was, at least not in the modern political landscape, legacy thought it was (see: were afraid it wasn’t) and did everything to stop it and only when more money than ever money-ed into a governor’s campaign before and establishment old guard dems were rebuffed in the nyc mayoral could they no longer pretend it was true.