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Mr. Luddite

On 1/18/2016 7:29 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 18:11:54 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Bernie is a communist and you can parse it anywhere you want but it is
true.

Disagree. He's a Democratic Socialist. It's a real thing and ideology.
My lawyer friend is also a Democratic Socialist and he and I often
discussed what it means and what the differences are as compared to
"socialism" and "communism."

Bernie is neither a socialist or a communist.

You sound like Harry quibbling about the difference between an athirst
and an agnostic.

Sanders's LUP platform called for the nationalization of all U.S.
banks, public ownership of all utilities, and the establishment of a
worker-controlled federal government. Add to that, he wants to
nationalize the entire health care industry and regulate salaries of
the companies that are left, redistributing what he thinks are "excess
profits" he sounds pretty "communist" to me.

His LUP platform? Holy crap Greg. That was in 1971 .. 45 years ago.
He left the LUP (Liberty Union Party) in 1976. His views and
proposals have become much more mainstream now compared to then.

You really need to upgrade your computers and software. :-)