05-27-2016, 05:13 PM
Quote:If only there were a global system of interconnected computer networks that you could use to back this up
The networks exist. The back up does not.
Quote:If only there were a global system of interconnected computer networks that you could use to back this up
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You want to evaluate socialism on a large scale venture on over to the old USSR.
Quote:The Nordic countries have a free market economy with regulations put in place by their governments. The USSR was a state run, centralized economy. Comparing the economies of Finland and the USSR is even more futile than comparing the economies of Finland and the US.
Quote:The Nordic countries have a free market economy with regulations put in place by their governments. The USSR was a state run, centralized economy. Comparing the economies of Finland and the USSR is even more futile than comparing the economies of Finland and the US.
Quote:Then they aren't socialist andshouldnt be used to justify socialism.What socialism actually and what Americans think socialism is are not the same thing.
Quote:Socialism/Capitalism isn't binary, guys.What exactly is "The Redneck Netherlands"?
We have quite a few social programs in the mix, (that uber-capitalists wish to quash), mixed in with one of the most capitalist systems on earth. I can't think of a single person, no matter how liberal, that wants the failed systems of the Soviet Union or North Korea.
Bernie is right to look to the Scandinavian nations as an ideal. They're healthy, wealthy, and smart. Oh, and for those interested, they've also got a well-armed public. Where the right-wingers have a point is that it would be hard to implement that system in a nation as populous as the US, with so many disparate cultures. What works for Denmark probably won't work for the US, and unlike Bernie, I'm not really interested in wasting the time giving it a shot.
Quote:Socialism/Capitalism isn't binary, guys.
We have quite a few social programs in the mix, (that uber-capitalists wish to quash), mixed in with one of the most capitalist systems on earth. I can't think of a single person, no matter how liberal, that wants the failed systems of the Soviet Union or North Korea.
Bernie is right to look to the Scandinavian nations as an ideal. They're healthy, wealthy, and smart. Oh, and for those interested, they've also got a well-armed public. Where the right-wingers have a point is that it would be hard to implement that system in a nation as populous as the US, with so many disparate cultures. What works for Denmark probably won't work for the US, and unlike Bernie, I'm not really interested in wasting the time giving it a shot.
Quote:What exactly is "The Redneck Netherlands"?Southern Louisiana.
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Quote:So Justin Beaver is a Bernie supporter?
Quote:C'mon now, you should embrace the feels of that poor...boy? girl?
That was genderist of me, I hereby denounce myself!