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Aug 7Liked by Ted Balaker

You nailed it. Machado is linked to Capitalism and Maduro to Socialism and that's the extent of how far the protesters are willing to analyze things. Throw in some Musk and the deal is done.

The closest we can get to real life idealic Socialismc are Israel's frequently attacked kibbutz's. If the progressive left was more aware of this inconvenient fact, it would break a few brains.

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Very well said. Even the "best-case" scenarios cited by Bernie and co are market-based systems. I remember a while back when the PM of Denmark got annoyed at Americans calling Denmark socialist.

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“But in America these days the definition of fascism doesn’t come with many specifics. It mainly refers to whatever the far left hates today.”

There are no “hit the nail on the head” emojis so this gets three bullseyes 🎯🎯🎯

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Oh wow, thanks, Sabrina! Give it a few months, I bet some Gen Zer is cooking up a "nail on the head" emoji!

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Haha! Here’s hoping, so far we’ve only got a hammer 🔨 and painted nails 💅🏾 which just looks like a recipe for an injury 😂

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