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He defines socialism as redistribution of wealth from rich to poor, with the middle class gaining power and status as the decisive coalition partner.
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He defines socialism as redistribution of wealth from rich to poor, with the middle class gaining power and status as the decisive coalition partner.
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He defines social democracy as capitalism with restraints and a fairer distribution of capital, a natural response to capitalism's concentration of wealth.
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In the palace economy, farmers bring wealth to the palace, the king redistributes it, and the king takes a cut, making taxes a form of renting behavior.
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"So that's a question for us. Why would he say this, okay? So let's look at what socialism is. Okay? Let's look at socialism...."
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"...will lead to socialism. And what is socialism? Socialism is a redistribution of wealth. A redistribution of wealth. Now, let's, for the sake of..."
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"Okay. All right. So, capitalism is the belief that you can structure society around capital, okay? And this was a direct threat to the..."
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"So the old order, it was a threat to communism. capitalism what they did was they would mutate social democracy into communism in order..."
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"So, let's look at a very specific example, of red seeking behavior. My city in Greece. All right? My city in Greece. So, my..."
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"Everyone, brings everything, to the palace. And then, the king, redistributes, everything, to you. Okay? But also, obviously, he takes a cut. Understand? So,..."
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