Class consciousness isn’t classism. It’s the realization that some people belong to a class that works, and others belong to a class that profit from the labor of the former. This is unavoidable under capitalism. You can only feign ignorance for so long.Not at all. Classism is definitely not a characteristic of either Conservatism or Libertarianism.
Socialism (by it's true definition), should be a "scare word".
If the question is whether or not both sides have "redefined" the term for political purposes, then I'd say yes.
Many on the left have redefined it to mean "What Denmark has"
Many on the right have used the term to describe anything that involves any form of social safety net.
Socialist states have led to some very poor outcomes, and is ultimately, a garbage ideology.
The problem is that in the contemporary context (for both the left and right), when they use the word "socialism" it's often in attempts to describe something that isn't actually socialism.
In reality, the 'socialism' debates in the US are largely centered around what degree of a mixed economy people are comfortable with.
The moment we adopted public services like fire departments, a military, police forces, and social security, we were no longer laissez faire capitalists, and adding a few additional services to that list wouldn't make us "socialists" by any stretch of the term.
Social democracy, what Denmark or Scandinavia historically has had, is a kind of socialism.
Reform, of course. But the Pelosi-controlled House of Representatives would never vote against its majority's best interests like that.
It's reasonable to say Keynes and Marx are also major figures in economic theory - and that connecting Marx's ideology with Stalin's death lists is spurious
That's dualistic. The personal is political. Morality should be as relevant in the political sphere as the personal sphere.
It's not....and the idea that everything is political is postmodern nonsense.
Even though economic systems form a spectrum, it doesn't help the conversation to confuse "social liberalism," practiced in Canada and to some degree the US, "social democracy," practiced in Nordic countries, and "democratic socialism," which has become a scare word:Social democracy, what Denmark or Scandinavia historically has had, is a kind of socialism.
I work with a woman who is convinced that the 'great reset' will result in something worse than socialism for the US and that the government will rob everyone in America of their retirement funds to contribute to this new economical order. She is talking about withdrawing her retirement fund early and investing it in silver and gold.
Feel free to explain how you believe the 'great reset' will work out for the US and what our future economy look like as a result of it.Not wise considering historically the stock market has tended to go up, not down, in the long term.
"The Great Reset" is about long-term sustainability, which in the long run will be better, not worse, for the economy.
Not a scarce word but we should be fighting against it as much possible and in everyway possible.
Feel free to explain how you believe the 'great reset' will work out for the US and what our future economy look like as a result of it.
Because it's the rich man's party now, and the members in the House can hardly be expected to kill the golden goose.Sure, we all want reform. Sure, there are those in the House who want much more. This has always been the case. Some want "reform"; some want to tear the status quo apart and start again.
Why do you believe that the majority of Democrats are not interest in reform.
Feel free to explain how you believe the 'great reset' will work out for the US and what our future economy look like as a result of it.
It's beginning to look like "the great reset" is on its way to becoming a scare term on a par with "socialism," opposed by people who don't really know what it is.
I always enjoy a self-answering question. It makes for a short thread.
From the Truman quote in the OP. Socialism was a scare word 70 years ago and it still is (ref: just see any reference to socialism in popular political discourse today).
So, yes, it is a scare word in America. [/THREAD]