by Fletch » Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:33 pm
MungoBrush wrote:Fletch wrote:The Financial Times Asks For Socialist PoliciesOn the same day the British Labour party announced the election of a center-rightt new party leader to replace the much denigrated socialist Jeremy Corbyn, the Financial Times(!) calls for the socialist policies Corbyn had planned to implement.
From today's FT editorial headlined:
Virus lays bare the frailty of the social contract (also here)
If there is a silver lining to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is that it has injected a sense of togetherness into polarised societies. But the virus, and the economic lockdowns needed to combat it, also shine a glaring light on existing inequalities — and even create new ones. Beyond defeating the disease, the great test all countries will soon face is whether current feelings of common purpose will shape society after the crisis. As western leaders learnt in the Great Depression, and after the second world war, to demand collective sacrifice you must offer a social contract that benefits everyone.
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Radical reforms - reversing the prevailing policy direction of the last four decades - will need to put on the table. Governments will have to accept a more active role in the economy. They must see public services as investments rather than liabilities, and look for ways to make labour markets less insecure. Redistribution will again be on the agenda; the privileges of the elderly and wealthy in question. Policies until recently considered eccentric, such as basic income and wealth taxes, will have to be in the mix.
Correct - Jeremy Corbyn is a socialist (and John McDonnell is a communist)
Incorrect - Financial Times Asks For Socialist Policies - None of that quote are socialist policies.
You really should find out what socialism is before you post any more crap.
I've tried to help you, but clearly failed.
Do some reading - it will help you to learn.
Do you read any of the posts in threads or follow the discussion mungo?
Socialist policies is the term widely accepted as social policies under a capitalist system. It is not socialism and socialist polices are not the same as actual socialism. It's impossible to have socialism all the time the money supply is in the hands of (controlled by) private banks.
Yet again you rely on bluster and bullshit to cover your ignorance.
[quote="MungoBrush"][quote="Fletch"][b]The Financial Times Asks For Socialist Policies[/b]
On the same day the British Labour party announced the election of a center-rightt new party leader to replace the much denigrated socialist Jeremy Corbyn, the Financial Times(!) calls for the socialist policies Corbyn had planned to implement.
From today's FT editorial headlined:
[b]Virus lays bare the frailty of the social contract[/b] (also here)
[quote]If there is a silver lining to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is that it has injected a sense of togetherness into polarised societies. But the virus, and the economic lockdowns needed to combat it, also [b]shine a glaring light on existing inequalities [/b]— and even create new ones. Beyond defeating the disease, the great test all countries will soon face is whether current feelings of common purpose will shape society after the crisis. As western leaders learnt in the Great Depression, and after the second world war, [b]to demand collective sacrifice you must offer a social contract that benefits everyone.[/b]
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[b]Radical reforms [/b]- reversing the prevailing policy direction of the last four decades - [b]will need to put on the table.[/b] Governments will have to accept a more active role in the economy. They must see public services as investments rather than liabilities, and look for ways to make labour markets less insecure. [b]Redistribution will again be on the agenda;[/b] the privileges of the elderly and wealthy in question. Policies until recently considered eccentric, such as basic [b]income and wealth taxes[/b], will have to be in the mix.
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Correct - Jeremy Corbyn is a socialist (and John McDonnell is a communist)
Incorrect - Financial Times Asks For Socialist Policies - None of that quote are socialist policies.
You really should find out what socialism is before you post any more crap.
I've tried to help you, but clearly failed.
Do some reading - it will help you to learn.[/quote]
Do you read any of the posts in threads or follow the discussion mungo?
Socialist policies is the term widely accepted as social policies under a capitalist system. It is not socialism and socialist polices are not the same as actual socialism. It's impossible to have socialism all the time the money supply is in the hands of (controlled by) private banks.
Yet again you rely on bluster and bullshit to cover your ignorance. :roll: