Socialism

Overview

WALZ: A Favorite of the Democratic Socialists of America
After VP Kamala Harris picked Gov. Walz as her vice presidential running mate in 2024, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) — the largest organization of socialists in the U.S. — cheered in a social-media post: “Harris choosing Walz as a running mate has shown the world that DSA and our allies on the left are a force that cannot be ignored.”

WALZ: Likens Socialism to “Neighborliness”
During a “White Dudes for Harris” Zoom call in early August 2024, Gov. Walz openly advocated for socialism. “Don’t ever shy away from our progressive values,” he said. “One person’s socialism is another person’s neighborliness.”

On August 8, 2024, Daniel Pilla of National Review explained the fallacy in Walz’s suggestion that socialism and “neighborliness” resemble each other, writing: “Socialism is a forced economic system under which the government usurps total control of a nation’s means of production, distribution, and exchange (i.e., buying and selling)…. Neighborliness is the antithesis of socialism. Neighborliness involves the voluntary cooperation of individuals freely helping one another without an expectation of economic benefit, solely for the purposes of making the world a better place (or at least one’s small corner of the world).… Voluntary action is the essential definition of neighborliness. By contrast, socialism is force.”

DEMOCRATIC PARTY: No Response to Trump’s Vow to Reject Socialism
In his 2019 State of the Union address, President Trump said: “Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country.” Republicans stood in applause, while most Democrats remained seated and chose not to applaud.

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