johnskylar:

…this is a bad meme. Like so many memes I’ve seen from Occupy Democrats.

Why?

Because people totally labeled FDR a socialist. His policies were incredibly left wing socialist, and there was constant backlash and criticism using precisely that language.

And yet these policies–these socialist policies–worked. They worked and they still work. Because democratic socialism can work when it is implemented by responsible leadership and checked by the electorate.

The problem is that when people use the label socialist negatively, then and now, they mean “authoritarian communism,” and this meme supports and furthers that wrong-headed idea. Socialism isn’t a bad word. Socialism has saved this country’s ass more than a few times, when appropriately blended with and tempered by the freedoms that we hold dear.

The problem isn’t socialism. It’s the irresponsible use of power. Don’t further the idea that socialism is the problem.

Use socialism responsibly. Talk to your local electorate about whether socialism is right for you.

That isn’t socialism, his policies were frankly moderate, and as an actual socialist god stop stealing our word, you Keynesian fucks