Elyse

- a stable job that i love

- enough money to live comfortably and travel

he tied a usb cord around his head to act like he had hair

- grew up smart and lost it when they got to high school and dont know what happened

- are so bright but just cant focus academically

- are told their effort isnt good enough when in reality they just dont understand

- are too shy to ask for help and go without it and therefore dont reach the potential they know they have

- are brilliant in class but underperform in exams

He is a democratic socialist. Which is a good thing.

Read this post on why socialism is not what people in america think it means.

If you believe in those three things above, you are also probably a ‘socialist’.

Did you know these people were also ‘socialists’?

Sorry but what the fuck do American’s have against socialists? I don’t get it?

US citizens do not know the know the differences between socialism and communism, they also can’t articulate the difference between either of them and fascism (also due in part to our horrible US-centric education system that frames everything else in a negative lighting).

In the US media landscape (e.g. cable news, talk radio), there’s a continual barrage of right-wing propaganda which, unfortunately and for far too long, has been quite effective in framing debate and defining terms. And since it takes far less effort to lap up such nonsense rather than to think critically, it gets traction.

The message, for quite a long time now is that “free market capitalism” is the only economic mode compatible with freedom (and we Americans love our “freedom”). And the only other option is something very similar to Stalinist Marxism.

No critical thinking on these matters is encouraged whatsoever, and most of these curriculums will guide children to the notion that capitalism is the only good, fair, and effective system worth considering with quiz or test questions like “explain why capitalism is the best system for the United States.” Children can answer these questions because the majority of that section of their textbook focuses on telling them exactly why that is, with perhaps a paragraph each devoted to the alternatives, excepting communism which gets an extra paragraph or two thanks to WWII and the Cold War.