Hi Billy, How do you feel about the term “Market Socialism?”
I know you dream of fighting every battle for every misused word, but I’d prefer to save at least little ammunition for the other battles... E Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 4, 2019, at 19:06, Billy Rojas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ernie: > > Let's see what happens with the word "Socialism" in the next x number of > months. > > The Democrats are back in the saddle in the House and some Dems are now > starting > > the process of running for prez. If Sanders jumps in, then, for sure, we > should > > do something. Sanders is, of course, a self proclaimed actual Socialist > > even if he is a Marxist. > > > > The point I was trying to make is that we should not be reluctant to use the > word "Socialism." > > Also, it is customary in politics that if you put the word "social" in front > of something > > that everyone knows you are referring to some form of socialism. For example, > > the Social Democrats (Germany, Scandinavia, are little different than > > Democratic Socialists. The terminology difference mostly denotes different > > emphases in policy. > > > > I am anything but debating the worth of meritocracy. I am in favor of > meritocracy. > > The suggestion was to use the word "socialism" to our advantage. > > > > Why? Because the young, a lot of them, around 54% or some such number, > > favor Socialism now. Also, I'd like to pick a fight with Sanders and > > challenge him, head on, on his own political turf. > > > > > > Billy > > > > > > > > > > From: Centroids <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 4, 2019 2:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Billy Rojas > Subject: Re: [RC] "Socialism" > > Hi Billy, > >> Saint-Simon's Socialism is better thought of as Social Capitalism >> > You may or may not remember that I was all set to start pitching Social > Capitalism to frustrated Republicans when Trump lost. When he won, Democrats > were to shellshocked to be patched on anything. > > Do you think the phrase “Social Capitalism” might be able to get traction > now? Or should we go for something more like a meritocracy or competition? > > E -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
