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anotherproletariat

(1,446 posts)
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 07:05 PM Apr 2016

It's just like a cult...once the followers are promised riches, they become devoted and...

they will blindly buy into anything the leader says without doing any independent research. Apparently, they will also viciously defend their leader from anyone who they see as a threat.

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It's just like a cult...once the followers are promised riches, they become devoted and... (Original Post) anotherproletariat Apr 2016 OP
Guess I don't mind working hard, I don't have a lot, doesn't bother me, Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #1
COMPLETELY agree with you! n/t DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #4
I think that we need a more even playing field, but LisaM Apr 2016 #12
Free stuff!!!!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2016 #2
They are a thin skinned bunch liberal N proud Apr 2016 #3
In my opinion, the great failing of 20th century socialism... yallerdawg Apr 2016 #5
Just....WOW. alittlelark Apr 2016 #6
Oh please with your code word.. DeGreg Apr 2016 #7
You're confused. fleabiscuit Apr 2016 #8
Oh please go back to the Bernie Sanders group jmowreader Apr 2016 #9
Sorry, we've seen how they act around here.. hiding anything that's true about BS but doesn't meet Cha Apr 2016 #10
Results... Major Nikon Apr 2016 #13
It's Okay to Disparage Blacks, Hispanics Tho! otohara Apr 2016 #14
No kidding. Check out this post: SunSeeker Apr 2016 #11

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
1. Guess I don't mind working hard, I don't have a lot, doesn't bother me,
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 07:13 PM
Apr 2016

I came into this world without anything, will leave this world the same way. I don't have to give what I have to others and don't want what others have worked to obtain. I don't understand the mentality of those who feel entitled to others possessions.

LisaM

(27,813 posts)
12. I think that we need a more even playing field, but
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 02:08 AM
Apr 2016

this incessant pandering about free college bugs me. Should college be more affordable? Absolutely. Should we re-work the tax code so that it's not so regressive? Of course. But free tuition seems to be the main takeway from the campus crowds - as if there are no other issues in this complicated world. And it's an issue that leaves out the needs of anyone over about 35!

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
5. In my opinion, the great failing of 20th century socialism...
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 07:42 PM
Apr 2016

was the idea that forcing people to be kind and sharing - against their will and self-interest - doesn't work.

Half the planet is in a feudal lords/peasants state of economics, so we are still quite a ways away from the inevitable historical collapse of capitalism.

I think we are on a slow, incremental path as the workers of the world are inching closer to equality - shame Bernie doesn't see it.

 

DeGreg

(72 posts)
7. Oh please with your code word..
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 08:01 PM
Apr 2016

Slamming youth for enthusiasm for a better more honest, fair and peaceful world.

Your candidate is an arms broker/dealer whose family charity benefits from playing in an economy based in perpetual war.

You're down with that, good for you, not me.

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
9. Oh please go back to the Bernie Sanders group
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 09:01 PM
Apr 2016

Your candidate voted for the albatross known as the F-35. You can't see out of it and you can't shoot out of it...it is, however, significantly cheaper than his healthcare proposal.

Cha

(297,275 posts)
10. Sorry, we've seen how they act around here.. hiding anything that's true about BS but doesn't meet
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 09:16 PM
Apr 2016

the majority's standards of what can be seen about their leader.

The "he can do no wrong" attitude and insulting everyone who doesn't "feel the tiresome bern"..

There's a lot more but I'm not going into that bullshit.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
13. Results...
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 05:01 PM
Apr 2016

On Mon Apr 11, 2016, 02:00 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Oh please with your code word..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=97752

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

This is a Bernie bro disrupting the Hillary group

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Mon Apr 11, 2016, 02:07 PM, and the Jury voted 2-5 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Contact one of your hosts.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: so ban him from the group. i see nothing wrong here..
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Out you go.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: This is a message board where opinions happen. Kinda getting tired of serving on juries for these "tattletale" alerts. Just because you don't like the opinion--doesn't mean that the opinion should not be heard. Refute the opinion instead of trying to control opinion through the jury system. That's not right.
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Wrong Waaaaamulance. Need to take this up with the group hosts.

 

otohara

(24,135 posts)
14. It's Okay to Disparage Blacks, Hispanics Tho!
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 05:25 PM
Apr 2016

now they're going after their parents with ugly posts about age.

Thom Hartmann slamming Dems in Wyoming for getting ballots for disabled and his cult agrees with even uglier comments.

SunSeeker

(51,564 posts)
11. No kidding. Check out this post:
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 12:42 AM
Apr 2016


Feeling the Bern (1,634 posts) Response to appalachiablue (Reply #18) Sun Apr 10, 2016, 09:08 PM
21. He announced. I was behind him 100%. He could knife a nun in the middle of Times Square

and I would still vote for him.



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