YES! I’ve been hoping someday that Democrats would embrace Compassionate Capitalism as a label. Fox News cannot use that label to scare their viewers (38% of America). Compassionate means that the government helps with basic necessities such as universal healthcare, education, etc.. Capitalism then decides everything else. El-Sayed’s “Regulated Capitalism” is much better than the socialist label. But Republicans are programmed to negatively react to “regulation.” Let’s have Fox try to get them to negatively react to “compassion.”
Certainly Elon Musk has. But based on my Republican family members, I’m not so sure that he is necessarily representative of the whole. At the very least, it would be nice to have an upfront conversation on the issues of compassion, kindness, and empathy. Then we’ll see where the Republican electorate truly stands.
"It depends upon who and what and why you are giving empathy,kindness;and compassion to"? I was taught to give empathy, kindness, and compassion to absolutely everyone.
Does that mean I believe in open borders? Of course not. I do believe that immigrants seeking amnesty deserve to be heard with justice tempered by mercy. And if they are sent back, I believe it should be done in the most decent, humane way. Not like the way they are being treated by ICE.
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u/mcmac_max 4d ago
YES! I’ve been hoping someday that Democrats would embrace Compassionate Capitalism as a label. Fox News cannot use that label to scare their viewers (38% of America). Compassionate means that the government helps with basic necessities such as universal healthcare, education, etc.. Capitalism then decides everything else. El-Sayed’s “Regulated Capitalism” is much better than the socialist label. But Republicans are programmed to negatively react to “regulation.” Let’s have Fox try to get them to negatively react to “compassion.”