“We have to say yes to socialism”

—  Jim Carrey

to the word and everything [...] Medicare for all, ending student debt, a different approach to the war on terror, ending mass incarceration.
Jim Carrey says "stop apologizing" and "say yes to socialism" http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/09/10/jim-carrey-says-stop-apologizing-and-say-yes-to-socialism.html (September 2018)

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