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-Sounds like you don't understand it.

you poor thing.

I've always earned a living wage. I have skills and talent. I'm also a white male living in the USA.

But let's bring this back to the subject......democrats think they understand socialism. republicans think they understand it as well.

that's not possibly true. At best, maybe 20% our population have even a moderate understanding of what socialism actually is.

Look at this thread for examples. the process of tax collection for public infrastructure, social security, etc. is socialism according some folks here who think they understand what the term means.

they don't.

But none of it matters. Running for office on a DSA platform is fine......but don't expect any changes with regards to what I was pointing out above.

equal rights and free trade came with some challenges. It meant many folks end up pretty upset over a regulated capitalistic society.

Who do you expect to elect to make minimum wage a living wage?

I already pointed out why it's not a living wage anymore.

Is someone going to roll back free trade? nope
Is someone going to roll back equal rights? tell the minorities and women to get out of the work force generating a higher demand for wages? Nope
Is someone going to send billions of middle class people to get back to the slums and quit their jobs? nope

what then? Is it just about a higher subsidy to poor people who have fallen so far behind and can't possibly earn an actual living wage?

I support Democrats on a wide spectrum of social and economic issues and I vote accordingly based on my understanding of those issues. the Democrats have been better across the board on issue after issue.

But that's not going to get us any closer to an environment where all wages are a living wage. That's a battle we lost decades ago. Nobody is even bothering to fight it anymore.

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