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originally posted by: MOMof3
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
I support Bernie because he is a good person. You don't need a law for that. Ok, so I guess i am a democrat socialist.
Venezuela bans private gun ownership
1 June 2012
From the section Latin America & Caribbean
Venezuela has brought a new gun law into effect which bans the commercial sale of firearms and ammunition.
Until now, anyone with a gun permit could buy arms from a private company.
Under the new law, only the army, police and certain groups like security companies will be able to buy arms from the state-owned weapons manufacturer and importer.
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'Must do more'
The government has been running a gun amnesty in the run-up to the introduction of the new law to try to encourage people to give up their illegal arms without fear of consequences.
One member of the public in Caracas told the BBC: "They're killing people every day. This law is important but they need to do more, they're not doing enough now."
Hugo Chavez's government says the ultimate aim is to disarm all civilians, but his opponents say the police and government may not have the capacity or the will to enforce the new law.
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originally posted by: MOMof3
Don't care about Venezuela. Never fell for that crap about becoming China either.
originally posted by: MOMof3
Thank you, that was a good read. I am happy with my choice. If Bernie were all that, he would not have been re elected so many time. I will go with the evidence I can see.
Socialism of the 21st century (Spanish: Socialismo del siglo XXI) is a political term used to describe the interpretation of socialist principles advocated first by Heinz Dieterich in 1996 and later by Latin American leaders like Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, Rafael Correa of Ecuador, and Evo Morales of Bolivia. Socialism of the 21st century argues that both free-market industrial capitalism and twentieth-century socialism have failed to solve urgent problems of humanity, like poverty, hunger, exploitation, economic oppression, sexism, racism, the destruction of natural resources, and the absence of a truly participative democracy.[1] Therefore, because of the local unique historical conditions, socialism of the 21st century is often contrasted with previous applications of socialism in other countries and aims for a more decentralized and participatory planning process.[2] Socialism of the 21st century has democratic socialist elements, but primarily resembles Marxist revisionism
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Eduard Bernstein (6 January 1850 – 18 December 1932) was a German social democratic political theorist and politician, a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and the founder of evolutionary socialism, social democracy, and revisionism. Bernstein had held close association to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, but he saw flaws in Marxist thinking and began to criticize views held by Marxism when he investigated and challenged the Marxist materialist theory of history.[1] He rejected significant parts of Marxist theory that were based upon Hegelian metaphysics; he rejected the Hegelian dialectical perspective.[2]
Bernstein distinguished between early Marxism as being its immature form: as exemplified by The Communist Manifesto written by Marx and Engels in their youth, that he opposed for what he regarded as its violent Blanquist tendencies; and later Marxism as being its mature form that he supported.[3] This mature form of Marxism refers to Marx in his later life acknowledging that socialism could be achieved through peaceful means through legislative reform in democratic societies.
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originally posted by: Eilasvaleleyn
a reply to: MOMof3
Don't bother listening to him, he does this everywhere. Bernie will not turn America into the USSR, 'nor could he do so if he tried. That isn't what he intends to do, however, so it's rather moot.
originally posted by: MOMof3
Who are you supporting and why?
originally posted by: MOMof3
a reply to: DBCowboy
They should not even be made. You got lots of other weapons to kill with.
originally posted by: neOrevolutionist
a reply to: infolurker
He calls for "CERTAIN TYPES" of guns that kill people "EXCLUSIVELY"...this is different than ALL guns as you say in your title.