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

[Miles Jackson]

B. wrote:
> According to our conservative/right-lib keyboard warrior friends, sharing sandwiches is not socialism. That's just voluntaristically being a nice person, which they have no problem with. Socialism is when the govt. comes along and FORCES you to share yor sandwich, whether you want to share it or not.
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> -B.
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> Charles Brown wrote:
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> "Well, look at it this way: sharing sandwiches is, speaking broadly, socialism. "
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Actually, that was me.  What I thought was shrewd was how Obama reframed it.

Miles