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SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle voters have elected a socialist to city council for the first time in modern history.
Kshama Sawant's defeated 16-year incumbent Richard Conlin .
Sawant, a 41-year-old college economics professor, first drew attention as part of local Occupy Wall Street protests that included taking over a downtown park and a junior college campus in late 2011. She then ran for legislative office in 2012, challenging the powerful speaker of the state House, a Democrat. She was easily defeated.
This year, though, she pushed a platform that resonated with the city. She backed efforts to raise the minimum wage to $15; called for rent control in the city where rental prices keep climbing; and supports a tax on millionaires to help fund a public transit system and other services.
wave of the future or a anomaly ?
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Originally posted by utherpendragonI was listening to a someone interview people on the street and asking them what a socialist was. Most had no idea.SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle voters have elected a socialist to city council for the first time in modern history.
Kshama Sawant's defeated 16-year incumbent Richard Conlin .
Sawant, a 41-year-old college economics professor, first drew attention as part of local Occupy Wall Street protests that included taking over a downtown park and a ju ...[text shortened]... a public transit system and other services.
[b] wave of the future or a anomaly ?[/b]
It used to be that the term socialist was a dirty word, but thanks to public education most have no idea behind the history of socialism nor do they even fully understand what it is.
So I would say that if such candidates succeed, then the socialists will come pouring out of the wood work once they now their cover is good.
However, if they are not successful it would be a good clue just to run as progressives instead.
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Originally posted by whodey
I was listening to a someone interview people on the street and asking them what a socialist was. Most had no idea.
It used to be that the term socialist was a dirty word, but thanks to public education most have no idea behind the history of socialism nor do they even fully understand what it is.
So I would say that if such candidates succeed, then th ...[text shortened]... However, if they are not successful it would be a good clue just to run as progressives instead.
However, if they are not successful it would be a good clue just to run as progressives instead.-whodey
I agree with you. I really see no difference between the two . I think they are synonymous.
18 Nov 13
Originally posted by utherpendragonWhile I would like to think that it is the wave of the future, it is probably just an anomaly.SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle voters have elected a socialist to city council for the first time in modern history.
Kshama Sawant's defeated 16-year incumbent Richard Conlin .
Sawant, a 41-year-old college economics professor, first drew attention as part of local Occupy Wall Street protests that included taking over a downtown park and a ju ...[text shortened]... a public transit system and other services.
[b] wave of the future or a anomaly ?[/b]
18 Nov 13
Originally posted by robbie carrobieLiberty and socialism do not go together. Equality is there only because everyone does not get rewarded for working harder to better their lives and are held down by government. Fraternity would be sentimental only to the right as they sit with their grandchildren telling of puking in the bathrooms of the nearest sorority hall. Do not continually fight me on stuff robbie ol boy. Get back in there and tell em about 911 some more.
really, you think liberty, equality and fraternity are anti liberal sentiments? How so?
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Originally posted by joe beyserI am sorry but this is the biggest pile of bull that i have had the misfortune to stumble across and I used to work on a farm!
Liberty and socialism do not go together. Equality is there only because everyone does not get rewarded for working harder to better their lives and are held down by government. Fraternity would be sentimental only to the right as they sit with their grandchildren telling of puking in the bathrooms of the nearest sorority hall. Do not continually fight me on stuff robbie ol boy. Get back in there and tell em about 911 some more.
The assertion that you proffered was that a liberal would stay away because he would not know what socialism was, you were asked why, given that these are the principles upon which socialism is founded (liberty, fraternity and equality) and instead of answering the question launch into some irrelevant and quite frankly illogical tirade of what socialism isn't, its logical fallacy bumper bonanza fallacy of the century, super concentrated! and you must be called out for it. I am sorry to have to do it, but one does not reset a broken arm without some discomfort!