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Socialism In America Analysis

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B) Summary: This video discusses the topic of socialism and how it is already in America. They start with some news outlets ensuing fear of socialism into the hearts of Americans, but are they right? Are there absurd claims true about big bad ‘socialism’? The video states that the purpose of these scare tactics is to and I quote, “It’s logged at presidents to try and tear them down and used by outsiders to set them apart.” (AJ+ 1). After that, they then give 5 perfect examples of ‘socialism’, the first being the weekends! That is right; the weekend was fought for and won in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1938, congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act, in which established the 40-hour workweek, minimum wage, and even eliminated child labor. The video then goes in to some detail of who was a socialist. Some examples of socialists are Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, Cesar Chavez, Helen Keller, and even Harry Houdini., but now we have Bernie Sanders. Other amazing examples Francesca used of socialism …show more content…

This video stands apart from the rest of my other sources because they use great examples of socialism in action, and in fact give fantastic historical examples of people who are socialists. They labeled presidents socialists like FDR to try to discredit them, but look at his amazing contribution to America’s economy during the great depression. The way the video was made, was to show in five easy to understand examples of why socialism is favorable, and how it is already in America. Something I learned from this video was that Ernest Hemingway was a socialist, who if you don’t know is the author of “The Old Man and the Sea”. The video also takes into consideration the amount we pay for the military, yet we don’t see that as a socialistic program, but it is. This video makes a perfect point at show us that

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