[lbo-talk] competence, not ideology ... again

Charles Brown charlesb at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us
Tue Nov 4 05:56:32 PST 2008



>>> Miles Jackson
shag wrote:
> Big difference between so what if I am a socialist or so what if he is a
> socialist (and then having a discussion about that) and saying, "Oh lord
> no! Obama is just a nice guy who shares his sandwich and thinks we should
> all share sandwiches. And we all know that's not scary socialism! How
> funny you people are to think he's a scary socialist. Castro is a scary
> socialist!"
>
Well, look at it this way: sharing sandwiches is, speaking broadly, socialism. (See--there's nothing scary about sharing resources for our mutual benefit! It's like having a fire department or a public library or a credit union!) Perhaps I'm being too generous, but I thought Obama's sandwich comment was actually a shrewd dog-whistle call-out to those of us who think socialism is a beautiful thing.

Miles ^^^ CB: How about the way that when Obama says the word "socialism" , it doesn't sound like a bad thing, sort of rolls off of his tongue.

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