An economic system based more on competition than collaboration will not only fail to solve humanity’s greatest challenges over the next 100 years. It actually created most of them & if allowed to will perpetuate them. We need a fundamental disruption of our economic status quo.
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So you're a socialist?
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I support a mix of socialism and highly regulated free market capitalism.
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Socialism and capitalism are not compatible. An economy is either controlled by the workers or it is not.
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There are many countries that in fact do mix them! For that matter, public schools and police and fire departments are basically socialist institutions. We ourselves have a mixed economy.
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Replying to @BanishedBernie @TheRockettMann
Only in the last few years have we come up with this weird attitude that if someone doesn’t agree with us that they’ve “disappointed us.” Why have I “disappointed” you? Do we all have to agree with each other about everything all the time? Can’t we actually learn from each other?

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Replying to @marwilliamson @BanishedBernie @TheRockettMann
Marianne you should seriously consider discussing with @profwolff! he cares about the same things as u
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everybody can agree that we "need a fundamental disruption of our economic status quo" and everybody here is on the side of empowering workers. I think this is one of those cases where focus on a theoretical -ism is a real detriment to solidarity, no matter how correct you may be
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Depends, are you learning or are you preaching?
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It's dissapointing because you've fallen into the philosophical trap that socialism is when the government does stuff, when in fact I would posit that socialism is, at least in part, about reshaping the relationship between workers and their work. Rather than going to work...
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You haven't disappointed me because I have never expected anything more from social democrat politicians trying to springboard their career by hoping a few people will fall for your "I'm a totally a socialist" schtick.
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Kinda comes with the irony of giving the nod to a system that doesn’t foster healthy disagreement and freedom.
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I think he’s great. I listen to/read him a lot. And I think I know what they mean.
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