Democratic Socialism Quotes

“It’s great to live free of the other sheep until you hear the wolves howl.”
― Max Brooks, Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre

“Democratic Socialism devolves into totalitarian Socialism and eventually into full on Communism as people resist statism.”
― A.E. Samaan

“We whitewash MLK - how fittingly absurd.
I mean, we white-wash
everything.

We have to stop revering MLK for the wrong reasons,
sanitized,
domesticated,
like Santa Claus
and Jesus Christ.

He was vehemently anti-racism, anti-oppression,
anti-war, anti-materialism,
pro-union, pro-social-services, anti-capitalism.
Yes.
MLK believed capitalism had outlived its usefulness
and advocated democratic socialism.”
― Shellen Lubin

“The point of democratic socialism is not to impose a general consensus regarding what matters, but to sustain a form of life that makes it possible for us to own the question of what is worth doing with our lives—what we value individually as well as collectively—as an irreducible question of our lives.”
― Martin Hägglund, This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom

“Capitalism is exploitation of the people by billionaires.

Billionaires are enemies of the people.

In a better world, billionaires wouldn't exist.”
― Oliver Markus Malloy, Inside The Mind of an Introvert

“The socialist project is not just to create better living standards, but to create collective joy. It is a response to the loneliness, alienation, and deep sadness that occurs when everything is commodified and people are left on their own, without communal ties or collective support, to satisfy themselves through the purchase of consumer goods.”
― Nathan J. Robinson, Why You Should Be a Socialist

“Before you cast you vote be sure you don't cats your freedom out of the window.

Please be sure you do not vote for anyone who is out there after your freedom, after your religion, and after your gun!

What they have in common?
Fascist Socialist
Nasizt Sociliast
Marxist Socialist
Democrat Socialist
Globalist Socialist”
― Beta Metani'Marashi

“Socialists have advocated numerous ways of democratizing the economy, from setting up worker cooperatives to nationalizing major industries... At the core of economic democracy is the notion that control should not be vested in a small group of people, but in the people who do the labor. Managers and owners shouldn't decide what the workers have to do, the workers should decide what managers have to do (or if they need managers at all). And they should own the workplaces themselves.”
― Nathan J. Robinson, Why You Should Be a Socialist

“Socialism is the only political form that has democratic values.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Albert Einstein agreed with Karl Marx. That's why Einstein was a socialist too.”
― Oliver Markus Malloy, Inside The Mind of an Introvert

“A commitment to expanding democracy is at the core of all good socialist thinking. Democracy is the principle that people ought to have a say over decisions that affect them, and that they should be in control of their own lives rather than being subjected to the wishes of powerful economic and political elites.”
― Nathan J. Robinson, Why You Should Be a Socialist

“There are so many things to be done, and progressive minds are overflowing with ideas and proposals. As we consider real-world actions, though, there's one thing worth remembering above all: the future can't be planned by a group of socialist intellectuals designing bullet-pointed lists of what's best for the rest of humanity. Democracy means that people make choices themselves, and good ideas emerge from healthy, collective deliberation... Personally, I'ld like to see a thriving culture of political discussions, where the cafes are full of people passionately hashing out their disagreements about What Must Be Done. Not everyone has to participate in political life, but everyone should at least feel like someone would listen to them if they came up with a solution to a problem.”
― Nathan J. Robinson, Why You Should Be a Socialist

“Equality doesn't mean ensuring everybody is the same, it means making sure some people don't get godlike power to determine the fates of others.”
― Nathan J. Robinson, Why You Should Be a Socialist

“...people don't need the illusory freedom of free-market choice (aka, the freedom to die when your medical bill exceeds your paycheck), nor the farcical freedom of an authoritarian police state; they need the ability to meaningfully choose between a lot of different routes of happiness. If this isn't what's happening, then you're not creating a socialist state, you're building an abominable perversion of socialism's ideals.”
― Nathan J. Robinson, Why You Should Be a Socialist

“If you want a vision of the bleak, bland capitalist future, go to Hudson Yards in New York City, the new, billion-dollar complex of gleaming skyscrapers. It's a lifeless shopping mall for luxury goods, intensely policed and surveilled, where every aspect of life is curated by a corporation... This is the city for the winners. The losers will be in homeless encampments outside the city gates.
The left's city of the future looks very different. It is a Star Trek world, where we can travel through space together and meet aliens. It is public libraries and free colleges, where all can come and learn without worrying about money. It is Mardis Gras in New Orleans, where everyone expresses their individuality through art and costume without any regard for profit or commerce. It is camping trips and cookouts, book clubs and street cafes. It is the theory that life is meant to be enjoyed, and that nobody should lack the basic ingredients for a decent existence. It is, above all, the conviction that we're here to help each other through this thing, whatever it is.”
― Nathan J. Robinson, Why You Should Be a Socialist

“The political establishment is vulnerable. And if we make our numbers count, we can change anything.”
― Nathan J. Robinson, Why You Should Be a Socialist

“But we have to be honest that autocratic industrial socialism has been a disaster for the environment, as evidenced most dramatically by the fact that carbon emissions briefly plummeted when the economies of the former Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s. And Venezuela's petro-populism is a reminder that there is nothing inherently green about self-defined socialism.
Let's acknowledge this fact, while also pointing out that countries with strong democratic-socialist traditions (like Denmark, Sweden, and Uruguay) have some of the most visionary environmental policies in the world. From this we can conclude that socialism isn't necessarily ecological, but that a new form of democratic eco-socialism, with the humility to learn from Indigenous teachings about the duties to future generations and the Interconnection of all life, appears to be humanity's best shot at collective survival.”
― Naomi Klein, On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal

“Pay attention and carefully analyse what these political parties have in common, and remember heir ideas might sound appealing to most of the people but is not worth to give up our sovereignty! Fascist Socialism, Naszm Socialism, Marxists Socialism, and Democrat Socialisms? Your vote gives them the power of attorney to take everything you have worked for it, including your freedom!”
― "Beta" Metani' Marashi

“Trying socialism is like playing Russian Roulette with 5 of the 6 chambers loaded. That's the rate at which socialism manages to avoid extreme violence and oppression.”
― A.E. Samaan

“For 23 yrs I lived in a Communist Country! It’s easy to be a Communist in a free country. But try being free in a communist country! You can vote your self into a communism, but you have to shot your self out of the Communism, like I did, through bullets I defected communist regime!”
― Beta Metani'Marashi

“Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism, as I understand it.”
― George Orwell

“The only population Communism has ever successfully fed is the shark population swimming the Florida Straits.”
― A.E. Samaan

“Its not get it from the 1% that is the correct $$ Grubbing answer to all budget solutions . . . its the 11% answer . . . . . If you took 111% from the Top 11% . . . you can only pay for 11% of everything the Democrats want to do . . . where do you think the rest is coming from . . . U !”
― Kevin Kolenda

“The apocalyptic belief in the consummation of history, the inevitability of socialism, and the natural sequence of 'social formations'; the 'dictatorship of the proletariat', the exhalation of violence, faith in the automatic efficacy of nationalizing industry, fantasies concerning a society without conflict and an economy without money—all these have nothing to do with the idea of democratic socialism. The latter's purpose is to create institutions which can gradually reduce the subordination of production to profit, do away with poverty, diminish inequality, remove social barriers to educational opportunity, and minimize the threat to democratic liberties from state bureaucracy and the seductions of totalitarianism.”
― Leszek Kołakowski, Main Currents Of Marxism: The Founders, The Golden Age, The Breakdown

“Though monarchy and royalty are still considered a matter of pride in many uncivilized parts of the world, the day is not far when they'll be deemed a crime.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“Bernie's particular brand of socialism is probably better described as 'grandparent envy.'

(Interview on Real Time with Bill Maher, 3/7/20)”
― Van Jones

“Wounds inflicted on the face of democracy are wounds that will bleed in us.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“From the moment that all productive goods have been declared the property of the State, the common people will feel, as they cannot feel now, that the State is themselves. They will be ready then to endure the sacrifices that are ahead of us, war or no war.”
― George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius

“I don't know about you all, but I choose truth over lies and freedom over a political party; this is why I watch CNN, MSNBC, FOX, NEWSMAX, and different podcasts. I do this because I was born and raised in a communist country! Through bullets, I escaped from dictators, Iron Fist! I can say Communist, Fascist, and Nazi governments seized people's wealth, and the entire country ended up being equally poor. I remember when socialists seized my people's & Albanians wealth, and Albania ended up being one of the poorest countries in Europe. It took over 30 years and 1000's of lost lives for them to get back on their feet. People had enough of the dictator's, so people overthrew communism and capitalism took over, which turned Albania into the richest people from west vacation there! I can tell If you get EBT & SNAP today, it's because, whether we like it or not, we all pitched in to help. I feel bad for people who cheer up. What Democrats are doing to Trump is what communist did to rich people, and after that, they stole everybody's wealth from business to house, lands, farm animals, So if you think this is OKAY, think again, I was democrat for 25 years, but I'm afraid we will be next! This is why I refuse to choose a political party over my freedom. I hate to see my children and grandchildren who don't know America for their homeland, but if I have to, I'll go back to Albania, Where will you all go? Think about it; wake up before it's too late! Please read before you take your freedom away! I'm sorry, I will vote for Trump just because they offer him money not to run again for president! They also offered money to Thomas Clarence! This should worry all of us. read this before you cast your vote! "Enver Hoxha: The Iron Fist of Albania tells the extraordinary story of how one man held an entire country hostage for 40 years – and got away with it.”
― Zybejta (Beta) Metani' Marashi

“And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This is not only how we stop Trump, it's how we stop the next one.”
― Zohran Mamdani