Conservatives think Democrats in the U.S. are socialist?

Question

How can Conservatives possibly think this? Have they even heard a socialist speak before? There are real socialists in Canada and Europe, but here they are a very small party and they have not a fighting chance. Democrats are not even close to being socialist. Why do Conservatives say this and make socialism seem like a threat to the U.S. when it really is not a powerful movement in this country what so ever?

Answer 1

It's become nothing but their latest catch phrase to demonize Democrats. Most of them couldn't identify a real socialist if their lives depended on it. It's easy to identify those conservatives who latch on to the latest talking point and beat it to death until they get the next one handed to them by people like Rush and O'Reilly. They sound like a bunch of parrots shreiking nonsense to each other. The sad part is that they don't realize they aren't convincing anyone, they are only preaching to their own choir. Americans saw enough of the Republican smear act in the 2004 elections to last them the rest of their lives. But they don't get it. They'll just keep yammering away, thinking they're convincing someone, until they sit open mouthed in front of the TV on Election Day '08 wondering what in the hell happened.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I am a socialist. The Democratic Party is just another plutocratic/capitalist party.

Any political system favors certain approaches. The American system favors parties which can draw money from large donors, spend money on advertising campaigns, and scrape together slightly more of the vote than the other party. There are no run-off elections. The voting system discourages parties from opposing each other, so right now one party supports the occupation of Iraq, and the NSA spying, and so on, and the other enables them, even though the public opposes them. The funding system encourages parties which subsidize their donors.

The result: both parties support policies which restrict labor organizing, e.g. the Taft-Hartley Act, and support policies which subsidize foreign trade, e.g. NAFTA, subsidize factory farming, subsidize oil consumption, create artificial property rights to publicly-funded research, etc. These are all statist policies and mostly anti-worker policies.

I don't think this depends on the screwy features of the electoral system. The same things happen with proportional nonrepresentation as with district-based nonrepresentation.

The problem is the state, and its built-in power to tax one group to subsidize another group. That's what props capitalist businesses up and keeps worker cooperatives and self-employed workers down.

Answer 4

Because Democrats are too stupid to call themselves socialist.

Answer 5

The Australians, an ally and a Western country, just elected a labour candidate, ie. democratic socialist party. Did you see that coming?

Answer 6

Democrats have in their fold the socialists that condemn anything other than their beliefs. The same holds true for religion, there are many Democrats that are religious but those who condemn the same belong to the same party. Another seems to be education level. The average American holds a high school degree and nothing more yet within the party are those who feel they are superior to that level of intellect. This is sad because eventually the extremes of that party will cause a break up or fracture within it that will never be repaired.

Answer 7

Yes, the Socialist Party in the US is small and has no chance. That's why they decided to hijack the Democratic Party. They've been very successful at it too.

When Democrats want to move a private sector function into the government (healthcare) that's socialism.

The entire insurance industry and then the credit industry will be next, the present rumblings are already evident.

Taxation, not as a means to finance government, but to redistribute wealth (social security, welfare, inheritance taxes, capital gains taxes, graduated income tax) are another common cause between modern Democrats and socialists.

And there's no reason to take my word for it. They'll tell you themselves. Go read what's at the link below.

Their success is evident in many ways, even down to the vocabulary that we use today. "Middle-Class," for example. There are no classes in the US. It's a term used to drive a wedge. It is useful to be able to discuss different levels of income, but freighted language is not necessary.

Answer 8

Again with these questions......What are you talking about??? I'm a conservative and I know that democrats are not socialist. There may be a misunderstanding because socialist and democrats are both generally for better "safety nets" for the people. But really the similarities stop there. What conservatives do you talk to??

Answer 9

I'm not a Conservative, I'm a Republican, which is a classic Liberal view. Yes, the Democrats are Socialists and have been since FDR. As a matter of fact, they are the more rabid form of socialists, they are communists.

Answer 10

Only the ignorant Democrats don't know their party is run by socialists .

Its obvious from these posts , most Democrats don't know the meaning of socialism . You kids need to wake up and smell the Marxism .

Furthermore , Hillary , Gore , and Kerry praise the European government systems and Hillary wants to adopt a Canadian style government health care and tax system .

Answer 11

If you can compare democrats to socialists or even communists, you might as well compare republicans to imperalists and monarchists. Sure they have some things in common, but are different as a whole. Republicans are afraid of socalism because a large part of them represent the aristocratic class of our society who fear losing even a pinch of the wealth.