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I'm a 39 year old (happily) married guy (no kids) with a flexible schedule and lots of opinions. I was born and raised on the religious right, but now I live on the secular left. (Sorry, mom!) I'm interested in pop culture, politics, religion, the culture wars, and philosophy (among other things).

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JANUARY 8, 2009 5:42PM

Socialism, the Economic Crisis, and Obama

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During the campaign one of the talking points against Obama was that he's a socialist.  Here's a socialist economic professor, Richard Wolff, giving his views on our current economic crisis, which he considers a crisis of capitalism.

 

Now, here's Obama's speech on the economic crisis from this morning.  Does Obama sound like Wolff? Or, is Obama among those that think that the crisis is just a result of a lack of proper regulation?  Based on my understanding of what constitutes socialism, I think the answer is pretty clear.  Obama's no socialist.  But, try pointing that out that category mistake to a right-winger and they'll interpret it as a defense of that socialist, Obama.

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Hi, Chris! As a self-defined socialist who knows full well that Obama is not and never has been one (see this post of mine from October), I'd love to learn about Richard Wolff's views on the economic meltdown. But whatever it was that you tried to embed in your post, it didn't "take." Could you please provide a link, or try again? Thanks so much!
Try now. I think I fixed it.
Not yet. Thanks for trying! Try just typing the URL from the www on - it won't hot link, but at least a copy and paste will work.
I think I found it on my own. Was this what you were referencing (with http slash slash in front of it)?

video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7382297202053077236
I think Obama is more like Santa Claus. I'm afriad he will say yes to everything. In a recession the government generally increases spending. I just hope it isn't as indescriminate as the bailouts have been.
Here's a link to it: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7382297202053077236&ei=CmNnSeOgDpC8rAKkj53bCw&q=capitalism+hits+the+fan

Can't figure out why it's not embedding properly.
Thanks! Haven't had time to watch it yet, but I'm looking forward to doing so.