A teacher’s perspective: Firing Day at a Charter School

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37. 1) I never held up Evo Morales as a Capitalist.

THAT is a Strawman.

I did say he was and is very careful to distinguish between Unrestrained Free Market Capitalism (NeoLiberalism), and a system that allows regulated markets.
Did you bother to read the quote above?
Neither Chavez nor Morales has attempted to outlaw the ownership of private property.

You asked me:
"how do we get to a place of socialism with democracy?"

I also answered THAT question in the above post:
We support:

" a system that rewards Excellence, Creativity, Industriousness, Efficiency, Performance, Productivity, Savings, Frugality, and Hard Work with reasonable accumulations of Private Property (Capital),
but enforces a more equitable distribution of wealth through:

* a steeply progressive Income Tax (like we had in the 60s),

*Capital Gains taxed as Income

*a steep Wealth Tax above a moderately comfortable limit,

*and very steep Inheritance Tax with provisions to protect small family businesses.

These taxes would be used to fund the Basic Human Rights as stipulated by FDR (above),
AND level the playing field every generation.

[font size=3]"The worst enemy of humanity is U.S. capitalism. That is what provokes uprisings like our own, a rebellion against a system, against a neoliberal model, which is the representation of a savage capitalism. If the entire world doesn't acknowledge this reality, that nation states are not providing even minimally for health, education and nourishment, then each day the most fundamental human rights are being violated."[/font]
----Bolivian Reform President Evo Morales

That sounds "radical" but it really isn't.
FDR said much the same thing in his Economic Bill or Rights where he stipulated that
Health Care, Food & Nutrition, Housing, Pensions, Fair markets, Jobs, and Education
were Basic Human Rights to be protected and administered by the Government,
and NOT For Profit Corporations.

There was a time not so long ago when voting FOR the Democrat was voting FOR the above Values, so there IS precedent for those Values right here in the USA.
Our neighbors in Latin America have given us the Blue Print.

VIVA Democracy!
I pray we get some here soon!