Socialism is a society where the resources are used democratically to provide a better life for all, based on ending the dictatorship of big business over the economy and politics.
Kshama SawantThe programs that came to be known as the New Deal were not simply handed down by the benevolence of FDR and the Democrats. They were fought for. And in the 1960s, it was the similar. You had incredible movements against Jim Crow, poverty and the Vietnam War in the 1960s.
Kshama SawantWe have a rotting infrastructure that is literally poisoning children in Flint, Newark and elsewhere.
Kshama SawantCapitalism is based on ruthless exploitation and competition, and leads inevitably to the development of mega monopolies.
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