I think people are brainwashed who do not realized the dictators that ran countries in Central and South American are or were supported by communist China and Russia. Communist owns all the businesses and all that. If you are not in certain class? You do not get health care and all that. If you are athletic? They forced you what sport you be in. Things like that. Religion is banned and all that. The Democratic elected Socialists of countries like western Europe have health care for all, paid education for kindergarten to college, and social programs that are popular. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security is programs similar to western Europe countries thought up about Socialists leaders.

(02-20-2019 09:53 AM)DavidSt Wrote:  I think people are brainwashed who do not realized the dictators that ran countries in Central and South American are or were supported by communist China and Russia. Communist owns all the businesses and all that. If you are not in certain class? You do not get health care and all that. If you are athletic? They forced you what sport you be in. Things like that. Religion is banned and all that. The Democratic elected Socialists of countries like western Europe have health care for all, paid education for kindergarten to college, and social programs that are popular. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security is programs similar to western Europe countries thought up about Socialists leaders.

Wrong. In socialism especially what the dimwits in DC want to do is have everything run by the government. Look at the ACA that was their first experiment and failed miserably. Guess what it doesn’t work.

(02-20-2019 05:16 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  

(02-19-2019 01:35 PM)Ohio Poly Wrote:  We're now starting to have the national conversation about the shortcomings of capitalism. And Trump is helping to acclimate everyone to hearing about social democracy so that it will be defused as loaded, scaremongering language. Progress!

What an ignorant comment.

We have been debating the shortcomings of capitalism my entire life and well before either of us were born; tax rates, corporate taxes, corporate regulations, social safety nets, etc.

We fought 2 world wars defeating socialism, we went from 13 Puritan colonies to the richest and most powerful economy and nation in the history of the world.

Now you brainless idiots think we are having this conversation about capitalism for the first time ever and think socialism is the cool new thing.

Didn't really defeat Socialism. Defeated a murderous tyrant with the help of a socialist country. Socialism survived.