Episode 684 | #BrandonWebber and Memphis | DEMS Afraid of Socialism | What is Corporate Socialism, Bernie?

The Benjamin Dixon Show

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4.6 • 861 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

20-year-old Brandon Webber was gunned down by authorities in Memphis Tenessee. The people have taken to the streets to express their righteous indignation.

Democrats are terrified of socialism. Let's talk about what the REALLY means.

And, Bernie Sanders is pushing a new phrase to describe Capitalism: Corporate Socialism. I mean, I get it. But here's why he shouldn't do this.

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0:00.0	The Benjamin Dixon Show is only possible with listener support.
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0:12.0	Today is Thursday. and join the Progressive Army.
0:17.0	Today is Thursday, June 13th, 2019. Last night, what the media is describing his riots broke out near Memphis, Tennessee as a result of the police
0:27.2	shooting of 20-year-old Brandon Weber.
0:31.4	He was shot estimated 16 times and died on the scene and his body was left there.
0:41.0	Similar to that of Michael was left there,
0:44.0	that of Michael Brown, left out for hours, and the result, the backlash was almost immediate as the people responded to
1:01.5	their fury and to their fury and rage.
1:06.0	Now as I get ready to describe Brandon I want to put it into context it doesn't matter whether or not Brandon was an angel.
1:17.0	We often predicate our support
1:19.4	for an individual in these instances
1:22.2	based on whether or not they were a good kid.
1:25.0	It doesn't matter. It honestly should not matter whether or not he was an honor student he was. It shouldn't matter if he was a father he was none of that
1:50.6	shouldn't matter if he was respected in this community he was.
1:55.0	It shouldn't matter because we should not be in a situation where we have to qualify the humanity of individuals to determine whether or not the injustice committed
2:06.0	against them is something that we should fight against and speak out against.
2:11.2	We get so busy in this country qualifying victims.
2:19.0	And oftentimes obviously we try to see, we try to create the scenario in our head whether or not the
2:24.0	shooting was justified because if he wasn't an angel then clearly something about the shooting was
2:30.0	justified. I know this very personally with my friend being murdered by the police officer
2:35.4	Neumann Raja who finally got found guilty. My friend Corey Jones.
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