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10-28-2008, 09:40 AM #11Senior Member
Why is socialism so bad?
Why are the people who are all against socialism espousing the same fears "Black and White", militaristic communism have brought us?
Socialism is NOT communism.
In a socialist society, what you earn is yours.
In a communist society, what you earn is the property of the public.
That is one of the major differences between socialism and communism. People act as though paying an extra .25% of their money out to universal health care is abhorrent, but think about how much money you pay for insurance (or your employer).
If you have health insurance that you rarely use, you are paying for someone else's insurance, and to line the shareholders' pockets.
To truly pay for your own way in the health care department, don't buy insurance. Don't do it. I dare you. Maybe then we'll all see you on the AARP commercials telling your story of how you lost your life because you have cancer or some sudden, expensive disease.
Personally, I'd rather have government involved because they aren't motivated in making money, so it would be less expensive in the long run.
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Also, you guys act like Capitalism is the best thing we'll ever have in the world. Like it's a perfect system.
Two things.
The global economy is capitalistic, 28,000 children a day die from starvation and preventable illnesses. Many HARD-WORKING people live in poverty despite having a steady job and busting their asses. I know someone who is one of the best in his business at least in the state, yet he's busting his ass just to pay his mortgage each month.
Also, everything that nature or we create will, unless restricted, constantly change. It will be updated, fixed, streamlined, and (more often than not) eventually replaced. To say that free-market trading is the best thing we could ever hope to achieve is to restrict ourselves from living healthier, longer, and better lives.
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