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In reply to the discussion: Anyone here who directly benefited from or was the child of a middle class person during the 50s-70s [View all]w4rma
(31,700 posts)9. The self-chosen label is "Democratic-socialist", not socialist. (nt)
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AZ Progressive
May 2016
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Whenever I'm asked why I support Bernie Sanders, my answer is " 'cause FDR isn't running"
MgtPA
May 2016
#1
if things were so great in the 50s, why did we need the Great Society programs
onenote
May 2016
#145
Yeah, that's why I mentioned it. There is racism on the left too, where there shouldn't be.
brush
May 2016
#40
We like democracy and credit the Athenians for bringing it to us in spite of the fact that only
Ed Suspicious
May 2016
#110
Give it a rest. I was correcting, for the record, that AAs were excluded from New Deal programs
brush
May 2016
#33
And that is why most on DU *used to* despise neoliberalism, new democrats, triangulation, etc.
vintx
May 2016
#165
Google it. It's naive to think repugs won't go back 25 years to include that baggage . . .
brush
May 2016
#97
Commie lesbian sounds like the biggest, perverted oxymoron going in commie land.
brush
May 2016
#105
Oh yeah, that's right. We're talking about repugs, with their "wide stances" . . .
brush
May 2016
#111
The programs were good, not the great, flawless ideal to put on a pedestal of perfect . . .
brush
May 2016
#169
Anybody who is able to buy it can get it. Thats the Democratic party today, race matters little
Baobab
May 2016
#160
You can't expand a program to include jobs commonly done by black people unless it exists--
eridani
May 2016
#112
WTH are you talking about? No one is insinuating anything. Try re-reading the post . . .
brush
May 2016
#158
I guess someone can claim they are a Christian even if they don't believe in Jesus...
AZ Progressive
May 2016
#21
Reminds me of Democrats here being able to be Democrats even though their policy views...
AZ Progressive
May 2016
#36
Bernie may be no Socialist(and he's not), but he's doing a great service for Socialism
Hydra
May 2016
#64
He only changed it to Democratic socialist when he joined the party to run for president
brush
May 2016
#46
During the Clinton admin blacks... awe fuck it, yaw've heard this a million times and still don't..
uponit7771
May 2016
#18
You do understand FDR purposefully set out to exclude black folks from these benefits right?
uponit7771
May 2016
#15
That makes LBJ's civil rights accomplishments even more impressive, given that . . .
brush
May 2016
#67
BTW, why do Hillary supporters act like only white people would benefit from economic progressivism?
AZ Progressive
May 2016
#34
Economic Progressivism is not just benefits, its also about fighting against big corporations
AZ Progressive
May 2016
#47
Except for the ones who were caught up in Clinton's huge expansion of the prison population n/t
eridani
May 2016
#114
no he didn't and only stupid ass'd, small farm animal loving racist think the term is exclusives to
uponit7771
May 2016
#148
People who think the term is exclusives to blacks fucks road kill on hot days when no one is looking
uponit7771
May 2016
#150
It sure the hell was in the case of a crime bill. Black people aren't the only people who commit--
eridani
May 2016
#154
Let's be fair, FDR made that compromise because if he doesn't then the Dixiecrats torpedo the entire
forjusticethunders
May 2016
#134
I support Bernie Sanders because I benefited from they system and I don't want to pull the ladder up
DookDook
May 2016
#23
Good point. But the lifestyle they inherited got socked into the Republican con called 401Ks. Now
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
May 2016
#27
You think FDR would have supported shipping manufacturing jobs to Mexico and China?
AZ Progressive
May 2016
#31
Correctomondo! And once the repugs get in they institute policies that favor . . .
brush
May 2016
#138
My middle class lifestyle because my father got a Masters degree and worked a lot of 12 hour days
Algernon Moncrieff
May 2016
#45
My father worked a lot of 12 hour days as well as a construction worker.
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#55
It's not crap if it's true. My dad worked hard, got educated, and did well
Algernon Moncrieff
May 2016
#58
It sounds like you are implying that anyone who isn't successful must be because they wouldn't work
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#61
I was thinking about our middle class life way back then. No going out to eat but rarely,
seabeyond
May 2016
#53
I was raised in middle class home in the in the 50s and 60s. What was called middle class
doc03
May 2016
#54
I sure did. Early 60s hospital as a kid, in todays dollars, about 250k, back then, 0.
litlbilly
May 2016
#70
FDR lied about a blowjob from an intern in the Oval Office and Visited Orgy Island?
TheSarcastinator
May 2016
#119
No, it's unrealistic for the richest country on the planet to do what all those other countries do.
Scuba
May 2016
#115
And Bill Clinton's Iraq sanctions killed hundreds of thousands of children
AZ Progressive
May 2016
#124
Odd. Those that claim FDR's programs as Democratic Socialist are now bashing those same programs.
tonyt53
May 2016
#126
Well, PoC that are bashingBernie and his economic progressive platform ...
1StrongBlackMan
May 2016
#131
The difference is that FDR was one of the first pols to even listen to black people
forjusticethunders
May 2016
#135
And, I might add, they are standing in the way of progress, the fight for equality.
cui bono
May 2016
#136