As President Trump and the Right respond to the rising influence of Democratic Socialists by broadly labeling all Democrats as “communists,” a national conversation about socialism and communism has intensified. Conservatives often argue that “socialism never works,” pointing to economic struggles in various leftist-led nations. Critics counter that countries like Cuba and Venezuela, when pursuing socialist policies, have faced U.S.-backed invasions, bombings, coups, and severe economic sanctions that exacerbated their challenges—raising the question of what aspects of these systems truly threaten capitalist interests.
Socialism Never Works
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The TMI Show" talk show. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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By the time the US population°°°gets the picture in significant numbers, the fusion*** of the US and Israeli militaries will provide ample, well-supplied domestic death squads to brutally squash any realization of the apparent, incipient socialist awakening.
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°°° itself impoverished by the century-long, continuous war to hamper global governments/economics TRULY of, by and for people
*** See Section 219 (formerly 224) of the NDAA, the Department of Death 2027 appropriations bill
“raising the question of what aspects of these systems truly threaten capitalist interests.”
This ties back to my earlier post about how the democrats avoid “resolving” issues and using a standard operating policy of “crisis” as a way to generate sustained income for the party over years and decades. The question is raised, rather than the answer is stated. “Republicans fear American Freedom Socialism” because their owners and masters are in the top 0.0001% of the wealthy, and in that system, those people don’t exist, everyone has healthcare.”