01-09-2017, 11:56 PM
(01-09-2017, 08:14 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:I go by the definition of socialist. You've advocated the need for more socialism but you've also made it known to me that you'd prefer to stick with capitalism yourself. I'll give you some slack understanding the political position that you're in and have been in since the progressives took control over the bulk of your party.(01-09-2017, 07:10 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(01-09-2017, 06:15 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:About as many names that there are for you....blue/Green/socialist/progressive/Marxist/communist economic believers...I'll need to check out Neo Liberalism and its origin to see if there's a connection with the late great FDR.(01-09-2017, 05:54 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(01-09-2017, 08:28 AM)Odin Wrote: I find it hilarious when Libertarians think they and only they have "facts" and "proven economic theory" and think all the rest of us are just going by our feels, it reeks of projection, and Libertarians tend to be exactly the kind of technically-oriented types that have little self-awareness of their own feelings and THINK they are super-logical and rational.I'm not a Libertarian voter/Libertarian as you say.
Classic Xer, Warren Dew, Galen; completely-typical neo-liberals/classic liberals/free marketeers/libertarian economics believers.... geez how many other names are there for what we all know what it is.........
It seems folk are ready to lump their opposition groups into one big bag, shake well, and not distinguish between very different systems. I can reasonably accept the blue, green and progressive labels. I emphatically reject the Marxist and communist labels. Those who remember my exchanges with Kinser can confirm my firm rejection of Marx's solutions. 'Socialist' seems to mean different things to different people. I favor safety nets, but not hammocks. As the word's meaning is so fuzzy, I'm reluctant to embrace the word.
As I reject communist and Classic rejects Libertarian, how many others reject some of those labels that opponents would like to stick on them?