I was told to move this from LBN to GD and GDammit I did!

[dae]

Guess Who Else Is a Socialist?

Source: New York Times Op Ed

One of the side benefits of a well-watched national political debate is the exposure it brings to something obscure and forgotten — like Denmark. Who doesn’t love a country that gave us a dish of frikadeller and rugbrod to go with paid parental leave and universal health care?
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“I love Denmark,” said Hillary Clinton during Tuesday’s debate, by way of dismissing a quasi-socialist nation of 5.7 million mostly white people as not the best place to look for solving the problems of a multiethnic democracy of 322 million.

But in fact, the United States may be closer to Denmark than many think. In the reddest of red states — say, Idaho — you can find the kind of socialism, through publicly owned utilities or the federal dam that farmers rely on for their water, that would be right at home among aquavit-sipping Danes.
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She also said, “We are not Denmark.” Nope. Not by any stretch. Denmark has a slightly higher tax load on its citizens than the United States. But it also has budget surpluses, universal health care, shorter working hours, and was recently rated by Forbes magazine as the best country in the world for business.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/16/opinion/guess-who-else-is-a-socialist.html?_r=0

[daleanime]

1. K&R.....

[Scootaloo]

2. "We are not Denmark" is a racist dog whistle

"We are not Denmark" is an allusion to demographics. See this post here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251677085

Denmark is Caucasian by a large margin, and most of those white people are ethnically Danish.

The argument "We are not Denmark" is an argument that somehow, people of color and a larger immigrant population means we can't have nice things like single-payer healthcare, or well-funded schools, or strong environmental protections. It's used by racist, right-wing politicians to shift blame from their ideology onto brown people.

[floriduck]

3. Absolutely true.

I live in WA state where my electricity comes from one of many public utilities and our rates are less than those of private energy producers. Remember Enron???

But many people don't or won't drill down to understand how many socialistic businesses benefit them. It's easier to just criticize the word, Socialism. That way, no thought process is required.

[JimDandy]

6. Did you duck out of Florida?

Yes, we have some good public utilities here in WA.

[floriduck]

8. Yes, I took the name when I lived

In Jacksonville. It's great to be out of the South.

[tabasco]

4. I did not like those remarks by Clinton

"We're Murkans, we can't do stuff like them puny little Yurpeen countries!"

[olddots]

5. jeez Tobasco

you didn't have to post that picture of the Koch Brothers .

[libodem]

7. And thank you for moving it

Rules is rules.

(Bad grammar on purpose)

[dae]

10. Hey, I live 4 rules and majored in bad grammar!

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

9. Media has no intention of educating dumbasses

Want to promote a red scare TrumpCarthy Reality Show.

[RobertEarl]

11. Damn leftists

If they had their way we'd have a transportation network that anyone could use. We'd have parks that everyone could stroll in. Free education for kids. They even want a justice system where everyone is equal!!

[dae]

12. Yup, plus food and healthcare for all

WTH is wrong with them?