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To: James Seagrove who wrote (1119750)	2/22/2019 7:01:29 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Recommended By Taro Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573758

James, good passage, but it doesn't directly address the recent debate that I had with those women. To them, their own identity as women means they don't have to endure what they consider to be "mansplaining." They can dismiss whatever argument is being presented to them, no matter how logically sound it may be, because the one who is presenting it is a man. Hence they are the exact opposite of Rand's "feminine women." They are women who suffer from inferiority complexes. It is why they need the liberal version of "feminism" to put men into their proper place, i.e. subjects to the collective where all hints of discrimination are banned. Or to put it simply, they don't know how to defend what they believe in, so they resort to silencing the opposition using whatever means necessary. Tenchusatsu

To: James Seagrove who wrote (1119750)	2/23/2019 6:34:33 AM
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Nigerian Anti-Christ Chicago Communist Ugo Okere Reveals Democrat Party’s End Game: Socialism Should Have ‘Control of Every Single Facet of Our Life’ Including Our Interactions With Other Individuals BY: Nic Rowan Follow @NicXTempore February 22, 2019 11:52 am Ugo Okere, a Democratic candidate for Chicago city council, said Thursday he believes democratic socialism should have total control over how people live. In a Thursday interview with the left-wing Jacobin, Okere was asked to define democratic socialism, and he gave a remarkably expansive answer. "Democratic socialism, to me, is about democratic control of every single facet of our life," he said. "Government is led by the people, not by big corporations, not by multibillionaires, and working people actually have control over who we elect to be our politicians, over how elections work, and over how our government is structured. People have the power." Okere went on to say he believes socialism should guide a society's entire course, not just its political structures: Democratic socialism even extends to our relationships and how we treat each other. [It looks] at the world through a socialist-feminist lens, in how we treat people who are black, who are brown, who are femme, who are non-binary, who are gender-nonconforming, and who are working class. To me, we’ll have achieved democratic socialism not when there is no conflict in the world, but when our societies are not governed based on power, but are governed based on the mutual understanding that everybody deserves a decent and quality life. This socialist vision of society seeks to overturn the existing order and should not be confused with the mainstream progressive left, Okere explained. "One part of the Left wants to reform the existing society that we have now. They want to make changes that will make life easier, that will make life not so bad," he said. "But there’s another side of the Left that wants to radically transform the way the world works — not simply say that we can make some changes here and there and that things will be alright." Okere has received the endorsement of the Democratic Socialists of America, which backs such progressive leaders as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.). He faces incumbent Alderman Patrick O’Connor, who has been in office since 1983, as well as three other candidates. Although it's a tough race, Okere said he's happy enough just to be spreading socialist ideology. "This campaign is literally making socialists, and I’m proud of that," he said.