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Post by rmarks1 on Apr 7, 2019 16:29:24 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2019 3:39:35 GMT -5
"A compromise between capitalism and socialism" means that it retains socialist elements, not that it is completely devoid of them.
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Post by rmarks1 on Apr 8, 2019 11:47:07 GMT -5
"A compromise between capitalism and socialism" means that it retains socialist elements, not that it is completely devoid of them.
Really? Exactly which "socialist elements" are retained?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2019 12:02:57 GMT -5
So you are disagreeing with your own source?
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Post by rmarks1 on Apr 8, 2019 12:28:02 GMT -5
So you are disagreeing with your own source?
No. I asked you a straight question. What elements of socialism are being retained?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2019 11:57:57 GMT -5
So you are disagreeing with your own source? No. I asked you a straight question. What elements of socialism are being retained?
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From the article:
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Post by rmarks1 on Apr 9, 2019 14:32:19 GMT -5
No. I asked you a straight question. What elements of socialism are being retained?
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From the article:
Okay. Thank you.
"Essential utilities" like telephone, cable TV, and electricity were once heavily regulated here in the USA. Now we have competition. Here in New York, you can get phone service from any one of several companies and cable TV from two cable companies and the phone company. Electric service comes from several different suppliers. I get advertisements and offers from them often.
"Commitment to policies aimed at curbing inequality, oppression of underprivileged groups..." has nothing to due with Socialism. This is a Civil Rights issue.
"Care for the elderly, child care, education, health care and workers' compensation" are none of the government's business. Especially education.
Many labor unions here in the USA are corrupt. They use their voting power to make deals with politicians. This is especially true of unions of government employees.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2019 11:28:06 GMT -5
Many labor unions here in the USA are corrupt. They use their voting power to make deals with politicians. This is especially true of unions of government employees.
I don't know how these things work in the US. In Austria, deputies to the Chamber of Labor (a semi-official body with collective bargaining powers, and the political representative of all federated unions in front of government and industry representatives) are being elected every five years. I just voted in Chamber of Labor elections last month. The overwhelming majority of deputies are, naturally, Social Democrats, but there are also Green and Christian Conservative deputies, and many that are not affiliated with any political party or movement. Politically, the Social Democrats are traditionally pro-union, but there isn't really any "voting power" unions here would wield in elections. They generally keep to their role as collective bargaining bodies. Only when that position is threatened do they become openly political, and then they do it usually through press releases and threatening strikes, not endorsing political candidates.
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