Friday, October 19, 2018

A Social Democrat

On July 25, 2018, The America Blog published a blog by John Aravosis which titled “Would Americans Vote For A Socialist?”. In the blog, Aravosis shares an ironical message that people keep giving the same opinions:“ They wouldn’t vote for a candidate who was socialist”( 2018), but when those people were asked about a specific socialist candidate as Bernie Sanders, they support strongly for him: “Quinnipiac found in May that Sanders would beat Trump by 10 points”( 2018). For Aravosis, “socialism” is a marketing problem, which is a “dirty” word to the majority of Americans, and even a majority of Democrats. Yet, he also uses Obamacare as his evidence about the effect of marketing on the society. When asked about Obama’s health-care reform plan without being given any details about what the legislation includes, 49 percent opposed it and 40 percent were in favor. But after hearing key features of the legislation described, 48 percent supported the plan and 43 percent remained opposed (2018). At this point, Aravosis believes that in politics, marketing can matter more than substance.
However, I disagree with the author. From some other reports which has the same topic, some unknown name authors affirm reliably that Sanders is not socialists. He is a Social Democrats. He wants a more humane version of capitalism where business interests aren’t above democracy and the rights of individuals. He advocate for an economy-wide seizure of the means of production, which in political theory is the defining feature of socialism (2018).
In my opinion, Aravosis’ s blog is similar to to the summary of the news. He does not give credit for the sources that he uses. Yet, the author does not have a clear understanding of the person he wants to mention, so he provides incorrect information that made him lose points to the reader.

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