Rand Paul begs for attention via comparing Bernie Sanders to Stalin and Mao

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Rand Paul On Bernie Sanders: Nothing “Sexy Or Cool” About Socialism

Referencing the mass murder that occurred under Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong, Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul said Americans should be wary of the socialism of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is running for president as a Democrat.

“I think it’s very important for Americans not to succumb to the notion that there’s anything sexy or cool about socialism,” the senator from Kentucky said.

“Bernie’s a socialist and ultimately socialism relies on force or implied force and it’s, you know, [it] wasn’t an accident that Stalin killed millions of people or Mao Zedong killed millions of people because you want to control the economy and you want to control ownership of things by the state. You have to forbid other people from owning parts of the economy or controlling parts of the economy.”

http://www.buzzfeed.com/markarce/rand-paul-links-bernie-sanders-to-millions-of-deaths-under-m


This seems like such a laughably weak argument to me. As if capitalism doesn't "rely on force" all the time. Red meat for the far right though. They just wouldn't be the same without it. Also he's wrong because socialism is actually very cool right now.