Do you even know what socialism or communism is?

Obama may want to provide health care for everyone, whether it is a good idea or not, that does not make us COMMUNIST.

Jesus christ, America. Can we get any stupider?

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I wish he were a socialist :(

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i wouldn't go with he himself being a socialist, but the nation as a whole would be way better under socialism.

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Communism's a different thing altogether though.

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Jesus christ, America. Can we get any stupider?

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Post edited at 2:34 pm on Oct. 11, 2008 by Forever Angel

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It is a bit socialist. And I imagine that if someone's trying to say that he is being too liberal, then they'd say that he's being socialist, and not be wrong.

Communism's a different thing altogether though.

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Yeah, I understand that it is a bit socialist. But so is the bailout.

Point being, people are acting like it's going to be the end of our economy and that as soon as Obama enacts this, we as a country will implode.

Really now.

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Quote: from Feminawesome at 5:28 pm on Oct. 11, 2008

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I wish he were a socialist :(

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i wouldn't go with he himself being a socialist, but the nation as a whole would be way better under socialism.

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No.

Basing an economy on total socialism, or "communism" as we call it, would not work in the modern world.

Maybe if our society was drastically different, but the way it is now communist countries don't fit the international mold or even the human mold. They just aren't economically feasible, such economies mostly result in failure or a gradual change into a modern economy which is a mix between socialism and capitalism.

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Quote: from Feminawesome at 5:28 pm on Oct. 11, 2008

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I wish he were a socialist :(

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i wouldn't go with he himself being a socialist, but the nation as a whole would be way better under socialism.

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Not at all true.

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Quote: from tell me again at 2:31 pm on Oct. 11, 2008

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It is a bit socialist. And I imagine that if someone's trying to say that he is being too liberal, then they'd say that he's being socialist, and not be wrong.  

 Communism's a different thing altogether though.

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Yeah, I understand that it is a bit socialist. But so is the bailout.

Point being, people are acting like it's going to be the end of our economy and that as soon as Obama enacts this, we as a country will implode.

Really now.

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But the bailout is not a political stance. It's a one-off decision.

Though anyone who acts like the world will end with either Obama or McCain is probably too extremist. Though personally I'm surrounded by Obama-supporters and haven't heard such a comment. Obama has some pretty socialist ideals.

My point was that you grouped socialism with communism, and reinforce that both of these will cause the country to implode, in your words. That's overreacting, as are people who freak out over Obama being elected. Socialism isn't even totalitarian, it's really not inconceivably far-fetched.