A very interesting critique of Bernie Sanders by Gary Kaparov

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This article in the Daily Beast by Gary Kasparov (the former chess champion) is extremely on point and sophisticated.  I had no idea that Kasparov was such a good social and political commentator.   Please  see  http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/10/garry-kasparov-hey-bernie-don-t-lecture-me-about-socialism-i-lived-through-it.html

Ba'al Chatzaf 

 

[Selene]

 

Samuel Reshevsky, age 8, had defeated several chess masters at once in 1920.

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Bernie Sanders calls himself a "democratic socialist" and has pointed to Scandinavia as a model for his vision of an ideal America (link #1, link #2).

"However, the Scandinavian countries are not good examples of democratic socialism in action because they aren’t socialist.

In the Scandinavian countries, like all other developed nations, the means of production are primarily owned by private individuals, not the community or the government, and resources are allocated to their respective uses by the market, not government or community planning."

"I know that some people in the US associate the Nordic model with some sort of socialism. Therefore I would like to make one thing clear. Denmark is far from a socialist planned economy. Denmark is a market economy."

The Scandinavians embrace a brand of free-market capitalism that exists in conjunction with a large welfare state, known as the 'Nordic Model,' which includes many policies that democratic socialists would likely abhor." (link #3).

Nordic model

[Selene]

Thanks M...

Precisely.

It is also why the marxists are desperately attempting to redefine capitalism.

Current graduates have no knowledge of the actual definitions.

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