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Mike 03

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6. Read this again and feel the blood drain from your face:

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 02:54 PM

Feb 2020

Sweden's attempt to implement a Sanders-style democratic socialism from 1960 to 1980 "tanked the market" so badly that Sweden didn't create a single new private sector job between 1970 and 1995. It took free-market reforms and shrinking the size of government drastically to kick-start the economy.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Bernie Sanders's Scandinavian fantasy (Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post) [View all] highplainsdem Feb 2020 OP

"reading psychology, sociology" and came up with mother repressing their daughter putting out LizBeth Feb 2020 #1

I read one article that mentioned him studying Wilhelm Reich sweetloukillbot Feb 2020 #4

Many have studied Reich. And there is in fact quite a bit of research into the issue of stress JudyM Feb 2020 #5

People studying Reich doesn't make him less of a quack sweetloukillbot Feb 2020 #7

As a Norwegian American, let me point out that bluedye33139 Feb 2020 #2

Recommended read for everyone, including Sanders and Warren, that won't get read. Hoyt Feb 2020 #3

Read this again and feel the blood drain from your face: Mike 03 Feb 2020 #6

Reality Check! IluvPitties Feb 2020 #9

Eye-opening, isn't it? highplainsdem Feb 2020 #11

Anyone who uses "percentage of income taxes" as a metric is FOS. k2qb3 Feb 2020 #8

Well, Sanders never spoke as admiringly about the Nordic States as he did about Cuba and Nicaragua brooklynite Feb 2020 #10

K&R betsuni Feb 2020 #12