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Bernie Sanders isn't a appleing #Socialist. He's a centrist, he just seems insanely #Left by American standards because it's economy has essentially reflected a #Capitalist #Oligarchy since the early 1900s.
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@psychonot is right that Sanders is a centrist. According to the political compass, he's a couple notches left of center, but basically yes, nothing he's saying would have been out of the ordinary when I was growing up.
When you speak of a "free market," you should define whom it would be "free" for. And if you imagine it would be "free" for everyone, you should explain how it can possibly be so given any inequality in the ability of any participant to say no. If you claim that capitalism does not equal "free markets" then you need also to define what you mean by capitalism.
@taknamay the only definition I've found for socialism involves centralized authority. I found it in Hayek, who makes pretty clear what he wants to avoid. No, I certainly never saw this properly explained in school.
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