Democratic Socialism is Still Socialism

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🗓️ 10 January 2019

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What is democratic socialism? What makes it different than regular socialism? Has it been tried? Could it work in the United States? Comedian and political commentator Steven Crowder, host of Louder With Crowder, explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Democratic socialism.
0:01.6	It's not the same as socialism socialism,
0:04.4	because it's democratic, right?
0:06.7	Or something, right?
0:08.5	People are buying.
0:09.4	Now people buy that now, right?
0:10.4	Apparently.
0:11.4	As though adding the word democratic
0:13.2	in front of a word changes what it means.
0:15.3	Just because we toss something to a vote
0:17.6	doesn't change what that something is.
0:20.2	Nor does it alter whether that something
0:22.0	is inherently good or bad.
0:23.9	Couple of examples because I know you'll ask.
0:26.0	Hamas was democratically elected as a government in Gaza,
0:28.9	despite the fact that the destruction of not only Israel,
0:31.7	but the eradication of all Jews
0:33.6	is in their official charter.
0:35.8	Robert Mugabe, or Bobby Mugabe,
0:37.8	if you prefer, was democratically elected
0:39.7	by a loving majority in Zimbabwe.
0:42.8	Zimbabwe, how's that working out?
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