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<blockquote data-quote="dmac1" data-source="post: 3263282" data-attributes="member: 60252">Communism as practiced has been a disaster, but we are heading that way now with attacks on the free press by the president. Believe what the press says or not, we won&#039;t be free with the president controlling the press either openly or covertly by&nbsp; trying to discredit it. He needs to quit supporting part of the press while denigrating the rest. He made a speech talking about how great he is, and how the USA is the greatest, and the world better listen to him.The speech could have been straight out of Russia circa 1960.Socialism has also been practiced with poor results, but it doesn&#039;t mean that a form of democratic blend of socialism and democracy won&#039;t work. In fact, various levels of blends are successful. Even the US is a blend of socialism with public funding of programs supporting the public welfare. It is just a matter of degree. But in my opinion, we are starting to lean too far towards unfettered capitalism at the expense of some of what would benefit our society as a whole.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dmac1, post: 3263282, member: 60252"] Communism as practiced has been a disaster, but we are heading that way now with attacks on the free press by the president. Believe what the press says or not, we won't be free with the president controlling the press either openly or covertly by trying to discredit it. He needs to quit supporting part of the press while denigrating the rest. He made a speech talking about how great he is, and how the USA is the greatest, and the world better listen to him.The speech could have been straight out of Russia circa 1960. Socialism has also been practiced with poor results, but it doesn't mean that a form of democratic blend of socialism and democracy won't work. In fact, various levels of blends are successful. Even the US is a blend of socialism with public funding of programs supporting the public welfare. It is just a matter of degree. But in my opinion, we are starting to lean too far towards unfettered capitalism at the expense of some of what would benefit our society as a whole. [/QUOTE]

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