It was a huge tabloid story back in the ‘90s.

What’s there going to be to discover?

Thursday: “That Nancy Pelosi is a fucking centrist and a sellout for not immediately buying into AOC’s agenda. We don’t want people like that on our side.”

There is still one big downside, and it includes perhaps the three most dreaded letters in all of car-dom: “Every 2020 Legacy features a Lineartronic® Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT),” according to Subaru.

You’re not getting the point. Yes, these programs help people. Yes, these programs are good. That doesn’t mean that we, as a society, are geared toward socialism. There are countries where social programs that don’t directly/primarily benefit capital are nevertheless regarded as bulletproof, a sort of birthright, and…

Orientation is a matter of how we conceive of social programs, and of what (if anything) ensures their survival moving forward. Take education as an example. On the surface, it’s a totally egalitarian, non-means-tested system. But at its core, it’s tied to property taxes, which means people can fundamentally fuck with…

That’s a different issue. I’m not saying the social programs we’ve got are bad because we aren’t oriented, as a society, toward socialism. I’m just saying that the way we approach our particular programs is what demonstrates the fact that we’re not oriented toward socialism. Obviously, to the extent that we’ve got any…

Triggered?

Great, but we’re not oriented toward socialism. Having social programs does not equate to being a socialist country. That’s not how it works.

Somebody attacking a program doesn’t mean the program is wrong though.

You have no idea what you’re talking about.

The answer should be obvious. But regardless of whether it’s obvious to you or not, people will vote for him over Harris, in absolute droves. There’s nothing that the discourse, or bullshit talking points, can do to change that. You don’t need to convince me. You need to convince the millions of people who are going…

As a social structure, America is socialist, not capitalist.

You are white.

Capitalism has killed millions more.

The people cosplaying as non-white are centrists. Actual people on the left don’t see any advantage in marshaling empty arguments based on shallow identity politics.

Look at our most bulletproof social systems. They are the ones that offer disproportionate benefits to private interests. The overwhelming objective of the police, for example, is to protect private property, so that institution holds strong. Meanwhile, public schools are under broadbased attack. Medicare not only…

Communism is a specialization of socialism. It specifies the same core goals, but embodies a distinct opinion on how the goals, once achieved, are structured. Socialism is more dynamic, in other words. It can be implemented in a more piecemeal or mixed fashion. Marx viewed it as a stepping stone on the way to…

You didn’t actually see these attacks, though, because they didn’t happen.

No, I’m talking about socialism.