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If so many people consider this positive...then why aren't the dems out there calling for the real agenda of moving us toward socialism as quickly as possible. All they have to do is come out and say it....they should win in a landslide no?

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I said "some" people not "a huge majority" or even "many" people.

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Take away guns (except for leaders)
Tax rate doubled, then tripled, then 100% (except for leaders)
Food Rations (leaders use public $ for most expensive food available)
Public Housing for all (except leaders, they get to keep mansions and protect them with guns)
Mandated work (except for leaders)

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No socialist I've ever met has ever claimed any exceptions for a ruling class to "enforce" equality.

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Maybe its just me.... but IM ever so HO, this would take away my life, liberty, and my pursuit of happiness. I would rather kill myself than live under those conditions.

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Who wouldn't? Good thing I've never heard of anyone calling for those things. Good strawman, though. That'd be like my claiming AC would be horrible because it would be nothing but multi-national corporations running the place.

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On a serious note though.... doesnt this seem to provide a fast track to having a ruling elite class, and a group of "the rest of society"
I thought one of the goals of socialism was to minimize the gap between rich and poor. I think the gap would be incredibly large under this system.

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Good thing the system you just described has little to do with socialism and a lot to do with totalitarianism.