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"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." -- John Ste
by rogerbinns 13y ago
"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." -- John Steinbeck
- cobrausn 13y agoAnd for at least 1.7 million people last year, they were? http://www.cnbc.com/id/101099732 http://www.cnbc.com/id/101099732
- MaysonL 13y agoAnd of course if you look at the economic performance of the US under R administrations, vs D administrations, the Rs win by a hundred miles. /s
- jaynos 13y agoUnless you actually look at economic performance. [1]http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-25/democratic-presidents-are-better-for-the-economy.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-25/democratic-presiden... [2]http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/post/economy-has-grown-the-most-when-democrats-have-been-in-power/2012/04/09/gIQA1VhS6S_blog.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/post/economy-ha...
- MaysonL 13y agoAs the /s was meant to indicate. :) (Thanks for the links).
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 13y agoIs Steinbeck still right about that?
- gadders 13y agoAnd the whole "it has never worked anywhere else" thing. That might factor into it.
- Qom 13y agoI don't generally support socialism, but your statement is completely wrong. What about Scandinavia and Germany? What about worker's rights? The US itself has plenty of measures which were deemed socialist years ago[1] but are now so common that we take them for granted. [1] Note that socialism designates a vast array of different ideologies and its meaning is continually evolving. It certainly did not mean the same thing in Steinbeck's time as it does today. Edit: grammar