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Democratic Socialism: But what about Venezuela?
Stalin, I tell you, Stalin!
Democratic socialism is gaining wider and wider acceptance in the USA.
Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Andrew Gillum in Florida all are jumping on the bandwagon and winning elections.
That a black guy did it — in Florida, for crying out loud — means that smarter Democrats are going to see which way the wind is blowing.
Republican policies are wildly unpopular.
They are forced to run exclusively on racism and fear — fear of brown people, fear of the poor and now, for good measure fear of Venezuela. That and raw tribalism will allow them to keep most of the South and a lot of the West.
Right wing media will continue to pump out poison to make sure they stay loyal after universal health care and tuition-free college.
Right wingers will be told that Stalin and gulags have already happened even when they haven’t. Remember FEMA campus? No lie will be too big or too transparent.
A fire hose of transparent and obvious lies works very well. It works in actual dictatorships — it’s a Putin favorite — and it will work here too, even with a free press.
