denis1112: I had fun back in the days of the Berlin airlift with people like you. When they would conflate communism with socialism, I would ask them why we were defending Berlin. They, of course, expressed confusion, since they were confused about most things. My reply was “because Willy Brandt is mayor of Berlin and head of the West German Socialist Party.” Even back in those relatively free days, the corporate media never let them know that – and still doesn’t..Uncle Joe: Of course Sanders is not permitted to disclose his party identification because it might undercut the delusions of some of those posting here. Back when he was mayor of Burlington, he could mention that he was a Socialist, in the tradition of Gene Debs and Norman Thomas, not that anyone in the current generation is permitted to recognize those great Americans. .I am not a Socialist, but a Green. However, I have lived under a socialist government and it holds no fear for me. I also defend the truth, therefore I must defend all who are attacked by the military-industrial complex.
denis1112: I had fun back in the days of the Berlin airlift with people like you. When they would conflate communism with socialism, I would ask them why we were defending Berlin. They, of course, expressed confusion, since they were confused about most things. My reply was “because Willy Brandt is mayor of Berlin and head of the West German Socialist Party.” Even back in those relatively free days, the corporate media never let them know that – and still doesn’t..Uncle Joe: Of course Sanders is not permitted to disclose his party identification because it might undercut the delusions of some of those posting here. Back when he was mayor of Burlington, he could mention that he was a Socialist, in the tradition of Gene Debs and Norman Thomas, not that anyone in the current generation is permitted to recognize those great Americans. .I am not a Socialist, but a Green. However, I have lived under a socialist government and it holds no fear for me. I also defend the truth, therefore I must defend all who are attacked by the military-industrial complex.