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Delmar:

--- Quote ---Sun Mar 10, 2019, 02:39 PM
Star Member pnwmom (96,068 posts)

Just when I was really starting to like her, AOC had to come out and say,


 
"Capitalism is irredeemable."

She didn't just say it is broken -- which is true. She didn't just say it's in need of strong reforms, along the lines of the capitalism practiced in the Nordic countries.

She said it is "irredeemable."

That is, beyond redemption. Beyond repair. Hopeless.

 https://thehill.com/homenews/house/433394-ocasio-cortez-capitalism-is-irredeemable

"Capitalism is an ideology of capital — the most important thing is the concentration of capital and to seek and maximize profit," she said during an interview at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, according to Bloomberg News.


"To me, capitalism is irredeemable," she added, arguing that capitalism's goals come at a cost to people and the environment, Bloomberg reported.

The congresswoman, who has described herself as a democratic socialist, added during her interview that "we should be scared."

"Just as there’s all this fearmongering that government is going to take over every corporation and government is going to take over every business or every form of production, we should be scared right now because corporations have taken over our government," she said.
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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211906942

The primitive who wrote the OP might be making a defense of capitalism or she might be criticizing the buck toothed barmaid for being too honest about leftist strategy.  The primitive making the first reply isn't nearly as ambiguous.


--- Quote ---Response to pnwmom (Original post)Sun Mar 10, 2019, 02:41 PM
ADX (1,381 posts)
1. She really needs to slow her roll...

...She's saying way too much, too soon...
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--- Quote ---Boiling frog
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The boiling frog is a fable describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. The story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to or be aware of sinister threats that arise gradually rather than suddenly.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog


--- Quote ---Response to riversedge (Reply #5)Sun Mar 10, 2019, 02:57 PM
riverine (100 posts)
13. Tax it. But don't stop it.

Capitalism creates wealth.

Government is supposed to fairly distribute it.

Therefore government has failed us - not capitalism.
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This primitive gets it--understands that the freeloaders need productive people to mooch off of.

Ralph Wiggum:
AoC is "too woke" for even DUmmies.

Old n Grumpy:
She doesn't grasp the concept that business without a profit is a failure. :mental: :loser:

Just like socialism. :thatsright:

Muddling 2:
"Capitalism creates wealth.

Government is supposed to fairly distribute it. "



Oh, that sweet summer child.  No wonder they so screwed up over at the DUmp, if that  is regarded as reasoned discourse.

Ptarmigan:
Who is further left, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or DU?

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