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No, socialism is not "neighborliness"

Kamala Harris's new VP pick had a kind word to say about socialism, but only at the expense of redefining it.

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Carl Beijer
Aug 06, 2024
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Right out of the gate, Kamala Harris’s new vice presidential running-mate Tim Walz has gifted us with a thrilling new controversy: a video where he explains to volunteers that “one person’s socialism is another person’s neighborliness.”

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