Comments on: The Republicans are the real socialists http://hammeroftruth.com/2012/the-republicans-are-the-real-socialists/ common sense, shoved up your... Tue, 21 May 2013 07:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: onomatopoei-onya http://hammeroftruth.com/2012/the-republicans-are-the-real-socialists/comment-page-1/#comment-1061187 onomatopoei-onya Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:14:00 +0000 http://hammeroftruth.com/?p=1020985#comment-1061187 “With their full throated support of the military industrial and prison industrial complexes, the Republicans are the originators and protectors of all the cushiest government jobs in the country.”

THIS. Our collective worship of all things military combined with our desire to turn every peccadillo into a jailable offense (since privately-owned prisons are incentivized to want higher incarceration rates) are the two biggest threats to our republic today. Our founding fathers knew this well when they debated over even having a military in the first place. Everything else, including the economy, is secondary or tertiary.

]]> By: M. Simon http://hammeroftruth.com/2012/the-republicans-are-the-real-socialists/comment-page-1/#comment-1061186 M. Simon Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:59:00 +0000 http://hammeroftruth.com/?p=1020985#comment-1061186 Ah. The lessons of the 1930s are leaving us. Expect a world war in 10 to 20 years. The defense industry is a form of signaling. When the signaling got weak in the 30s we got the roaring 40s.

OTOH. Your basic premise is correct if you approach it from the Progressive side: “Government Should…” and the various “War On…” campaigns.

]]> By: Kalinda http://hammeroftruth.com/2012/the-republicans-are-the-real-socialists/comment-page-1/#comment-1061171 Kalinda Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:11:00 +0000 http://hammeroftruth.com/?p=1020985#comment-1061171 Interesting article…

]]> By: Robert Morris http://hammeroftruth.com/2012/the-republicans-are-the-real-socialists/comment-page-1/#comment-1061170 Robert Morris Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:22:00 +0000 http://hammeroftruth.com/?p=1020985#comment-1061170 I know you are but what am I?

]]> By: Robert Morris http://hammeroftruth.com/2012/the-republicans-are-the-real-socialists/comment-page-1/#comment-1061169 Robert Morris Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:21:00 +0000 http://hammeroftruth.com/?p=1020985#comment-1061169 Maybe. Certainly if you ask a 20th Century Academic. Stalin and Hitler were really invested in the idea that their particular brutal collectivist nationalist totalitarian movement was completely different from the other guy’s. Maybe we should stop taking their word for it? I think the differences between the two systems had more to do with the details of their countries than any eternal political truths. Germany had a middle and ruling class that had to be co-opted, Russia mostly just had a bunch of peasants.

]]> By: Martin Gutierrez http://hammeroftruth.com/2012/the-republicans-are-the-real-socialists/comment-page-1/#comment-1061167 Martin Gutierrez Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:47:00 +0000 http://hammeroftruth.com/?p=1020985#comment-1061167 You’re wrong, democrats are the socialists.

]]> By: Patriot http://hammeroftruth.com/2012/the-republicans-are-the-real-socialists/comment-page-1/#comment-1061166 Patriot Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:21:00 +0000 http://hammeroftruth.com/?p=1020985#comment-1061166 Technically this would put Romney closer to fascism than socialism, but the debate is really about liberty vs security so the more economic security Romney promises the less liberty people will have (eventually losing their security as well).

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