“equitable distribution of resources, meaningful work, a healthy environment, sustainable growth, gender and racial equality, and non-oppressive relationships.” Well then, anyone who disagrees with that must a bad person, right? I cannot think of any socialist enterprise, from Stalin’s Bolshevik socialism, to Hitler’s National Socialism, to Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge socialism, and many more that did not sell their vision in such utopian terms. That Ben Kawaller could once have suckered by such marketing of evil demonstrates a dangerous level of historic illiteracy. While I greatly admire his newfound conversion from socialism to realism, I am amazed that he could ever have been tempted by such a pedestrian marketing campaig.
great job on this! Funny and powerful. I’d hang with the black women entrepreneurs and their positive and happy energy any day, but the grumps in the DSA - no thanks!
Normally, I'd call the comparison between organizations with different worthwhile goals, (with the DSA it would be helping the working poor, IMO) but the juxtaposition between mostly white DSA members wanting to end capitalism and the black women entrepreneurs wanting to embrace it was just too precious.
Socialists send you to gulag when you ask too many questions. Capitalists try to connect with you so that they can sell you goodies. Empathy is the soul of the free market.
Definition of a socialist: they support a world order based on “equitable distribution of resources, meaningful work, a healthy environment, sustainable growth, gender and racial equality, and non-oppressive relationships.”
Ok, people forgot about Soviet Union and other socialist states, but why would not they look at Venezuela and Cuba. Nicaragua and Salvador. Our Socialists think they can built on the riches of our country. Take another look at the teachers unions, UAW. They do not stand for the working people, they want to be elite. They demands are outrun all other categories of employees, as they always did until stumbled on the 2007 crisis and got buy out from Capitalistic government. I was union, I hate it. Yes, it would be nice to abandon investor interest absolute dominance, but socialism? I know socialism very closely, I am from that side which Reagan called Empire of evil. I would fight this idea and its regime to death. So are all former citizens of "the most humane order on earth".
"Capitalism" is a floating abstraction to these people. When they use the term, it's not the same concept an informed is thinking of. An informed person is thinking something like: private/owner making most business decisions, economic incentives, losses for bad decisions, etc. But people at that conference are not thinking about the mechanics, just something like: "a system where some people have more than others"
Of course, most commie countries have inequality reminiscent of feudal monarchies, but that's besides the point. These "socialists" are not even thinking about mechanisms and structures: i.e. not actually thinking about socialism as the concept is properly understood by educated folk.
They're a disgrace to the socialists of the past. Those people could describe how decisions would be made, and how incentives would work, when one removed most private ownership. Their arguments were wrong, as proven repeatedly, but at least they actually made arguments about socialism.
But, in their defense: when people feel the system is unfair, and they don't understand how or what can be changed, they grasp at some populist-sounding idea. The conference attendees may be wrong about the cure, but we should also ask if their vague feeling that "the system ain't right" has some merit. Because, if it does, the only solution to bad solutions are good solutions.
LOL. Using humor is journalism at its best. Please do more reports like this!
When I was brainwashed by the university I believed "capitalism" was the problem. But then I realized it's just individual humans that choose to start wars, or, make sweet tea. If the socialists bothered to learn anything about how humans actually work, they'd save themselves from a lifetime of pointless work.
Thank you for my first belly laugh of the day! I just have one question:
HOW DO I GET A "BITCH BE GONE" TUMBLER??
“equitable distribution of resources, meaningful work, a healthy environment, sustainable growth, gender and racial equality, and non-oppressive relationships.” Well then, anyone who disagrees with that must a bad person, right? I cannot think of any socialist enterprise, from Stalin’s Bolshevik socialism, to Hitler’s National Socialism, to Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge socialism, and many more that did not sell their vision in such utopian terms. That Ben Kawaller could once have suckered by such marketing of evil demonstrates a dangerous level of historic illiteracy. While I greatly admire his newfound conversion from socialism to realism, I am amazed that he could ever have been tempted by such a pedestrian marketing campaig.
great job on this! Funny and powerful. I’d hang with the black women entrepreneurs and their positive and happy energy any day, but the grumps in the DSA - no thanks!
Normally, I'd call the comparison between organizations with different worthwhile goals, (with the DSA it would be helping the working poor, IMO) but the juxtaposition between mostly white DSA members wanting to end capitalism and the black women entrepreneurs wanting to embrace it was just too precious.
Socialists send you to gulag when you ask too many questions. Capitalists try to connect with you so that they can sell you goodies. Empathy is the soul of the free market.
Definition of a socialist: they support a world order based on “equitable distribution of resources, meaningful work, a healthy environment, sustainable growth, gender and racial equality, and non-oppressive relationships.”
That's not a political entity; it's a cult.
Love it! Guess your worry about looking dumb didn’t materialize!
Ok, people forgot about Soviet Union and other socialist states, but why would not they look at Venezuela and Cuba. Nicaragua and Salvador. Our Socialists think they can built on the riches of our country. Take another look at the teachers unions, UAW. They do not stand for the working people, they want to be elite. They demands are outrun all other categories of employees, as they always did until stumbled on the 2007 crisis and got buy out from Capitalistic government. I was union, I hate it. Yes, it would be nice to abandon investor interest absolute dominance, but socialism? I know socialism very closely, I am from that side which Reagan called Empire of evil. I would fight this idea and its regime to death. So are all former citizens of "the most humane order on earth".
🤦🏻♂️
Certainly a fortuitous find with the BWE and a perfect constraints to the socialist group.
The big question is, which candle did you bring home?
Marx was a mooching bum according to his own mother and lived off the work and sweat of others
So he was indeed a socialist.
"Capitalism" is a floating abstraction to these people. When they use the term, it's not the same concept an informed is thinking of. An informed person is thinking something like: private/owner making most business decisions, economic incentives, losses for bad decisions, etc. But people at that conference are not thinking about the mechanics, just something like: "a system where some people have more than others"
Of course, most commie countries have inequality reminiscent of feudal monarchies, but that's besides the point. These "socialists" are not even thinking about mechanisms and structures: i.e. not actually thinking about socialism as the concept is properly understood by educated folk.
They're a disgrace to the socialists of the past. Those people could describe how decisions would be made, and how incentives would work, when one removed most private ownership. Their arguments were wrong, as proven repeatedly, but at least they actually made arguments about socialism.
But, in their defense: when people feel the system is unfair, and they don't understand how or what can be changed, they grasp at some populist-sounding idea. The conference attendees may be wrong about the cure, but we should also ask if their vague feeling that "the system ain't right" has some merit. Because, if it does, the only solution to bad solutions are good solutions.
Bunch of morons. Of course the socialists were masked and the black women entrepreneurs weren't. That tells you all you need to know.
Thank you for your kind words.
Are you embarrassed because you are a socialist and won't admit it because the shame is too great?
Holy sh*t I come to the comments and all I read is bullying. @Bari Weiss, are you laughing too? If so, goodbye Free Press 👋
LOL. Using humor is journalism at its best. Please do more reports like this!
When I was brainwashed by the university I believed "capitalism" was the problem. But then I realized it's just individual humans that choose to start wars, or, make sweet tea. If the socialists bothered to learn anything about how humans actually work, they'd save themselves from a lifetime of pointless work.