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Originally Posted by JPhillips
Care to provide a quote for that?
He argues for greater taxation on the wealthy, but I've never heard him say what you're saying.
This is all part of a trend of silencing anyone who argues for anything that doesn't benefit the wealthy. Rich people can't speak about poverty without being hypocrites and poor people can't buy their way onto the stage.
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One relevant quote (and there are many):
"In the pope's view, and I agree with him, we are living... in a world which worships not love of brothers and sisters, not love of the poor and the sick, but worships the acquisition of money and great wealth."
Sanders isn't shy about his belief system. He often calls for dismantling Wall Street, even though he has no problem accumulating wealth himself through stock. I think that qualifies as hypocrisy.
You can certainly talk about poverty without hypocrisy. And you can certainly strongly disagree with Sanders without trying to silence him.
As any honest assessment of socialism will reveal, it's terrible for an economy. More dramatically in Venezuela in recent years, but throughout history and all over the world. Even in Scandinavia, where tiny and very homogeneous populations have seen their standards of living drop in comparison to the rest of the world since the implementation of socialism around 50 years ago.
We can argue whether lowering the average standard of living is worth implementing Sanders' policies, but I think he's being quite dishonest in stating that we can have everything we want, if only we confiscate the wealth of the wealthy.