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Originally Posted by J. Falcon
All the conservatives and retarded tea party protesters complaining that the U.S. is headed towards Socialism, you clearly have no idea what you are talking about.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...ks-like/18675/
How close? This is what socialism looks like:
For those who are slow to learn, lets make it super clear:
Socialism would require the government to control whole industries, if not the entire economy.
But Conor Clarke (who is no liberal) did expose the closest thing to Socialism in the United States in this article. |
You just desputed that the US is not close to being a socialist country. Those people said the US is "heading towards socialism" . Perhaps .21% is more than some like and they don't like that the number is getting bigger.
The concept of socialism isn't just about the govt owning everything, its also about there being no rich and no poor, redistributing the wealth from the top to the bottom to even things out.
" Socialists generally share the view that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital and derives its wealth through a system of exploitation. This in turn creates an unequal society, that fails to provide equal opportunities for everyone to maximise their potential, and does not utilise technology and resources to their maximum potential nor in the interests of the public."
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Originally Posted by IllTestYourGirls
To control whole industries? I guess you need to define the word "control". Do laws and regulations not "control" industries? And the more laws and regulations you add add more "control"? But I guess they should be saying we are moving towards Fascism
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Taxing the hell out of people more because they make more sure gives them a lot of control. They might not "run" the company, but they sure do "control" the money made from it.
Unless if you are some big fortune 500 company and then they give you billions of dollars of bail out money lol. But if you are a med to small size business owner and you are doing bad, you are fucked.