If Socialism is the only reasonable counter balancer to the negative impact of out of control capitalism than I am proud to carry the label. The Cold War is over and we won. Yet, the bloody trail of success and failure within OUR pristine example of capitalism leaves many to wonder if American capitalism is such a good path to follow.
I believe that the free-market democracy that we continue to pursue is as necessary as it is difficult. American capitalism upholds the world. I also think that it might be time to stop demonizing socialism and start to ask every person who thinks they are not socialist' to declare which socialized program in America do they promote getting rid of. Police or Military? Public schools and roads that we didn't build ourselves? Corporate welfare or just poor people welfare. What separates social collectivism surrounding unified needs from unadulterated Karl Marx socialism? Have we ever seen a true example of this free market government that they speak of? What the hell is a Reagan Republican anyway? Have we ever seen socialism (which is not an economic system anyway) with the absence of capitalism?
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Either Capitalism does not truly have an answer for what to do with the ever present "have not's" plaguing ALL countries and ALL political ideologies, or we simply need to get out the way and let their ends justify their means. Sadly, a lot of people feel the pain waiting for your trickle down to reach below the poverty line. I could buy the idea that rising waters raises all boats if I had a damn boat to begin with. If you don't have a boat those waters could smother you. Shall we privatize removal of the people who die through attrition as we de-socialize our Free-Market government? If you collect a tax for it would that not be socialism too?
The truth is that we are, and always have been, a reasonable balance of socialist and capitalist ideas. Even President Rush Limbaugh doesn't applaud robber baron's or believe in corporate monopolies (do you). What force came to bear against these capitalistic blunders if not the greatest force of socialistic power known to man. Government intervention via socialist measures (aka. taxes).
Labels are the tool of division and serve only to allow us all to retreat to our corner of righteous indignation. Human's are just as flawed as our political and religious ideologies. The notion than anyone of them is purely right and righteous enough for us to impose on each other is arrogant. While Obama's so called liberalism did not stop him from using a conservative plan to create ObamaCare, conservative disdain for government does not stop them from taking government tax credits or using loopholes in the code every year around April (although some are claiming that they won't take a healthcare subsidy).
If I claim to be a socialist but wish God wasn't kicked out of our schools so that we could have an LGBT club instead, is there a label for me? Are there no LGBT Christian's? I hate labels......All of them!
I believe that the free-market democracy that we continue to pursue is as necessary as it is difficult. American capitalism upholds the world. I also think that it might be time to stop demonizing socialism and start to ask every person who thinks they are not socialist' to declare which socialized program in America do they promote getting rid of. Police or Military? Public schools and roads that we didn't build ourselves? Corporate welfare or just poor people welfare. What separates social collectivism surrounding unified needs from unadulterated Karl Marx socialism? Have we ever seen a true example of this free market government that they speak of? What the hell is a Reagan Republican anyway? Have we ever seen socialism (which is not an economic system anyway) with the absence of capitalism?
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Labels are the tool of division and serve only to allow us all to retreat to our corner of righteous indignation. Human's are just as flawed as our political and religious ideologies. The notion than anyone of them is purely right and righteous enough for us to impose on each other is arrogant. While Obama's so called liberalism did not stop him from using a conservative plan to create ObamaCare, conservative disdain for government does not stop them from taking government tax credits or using loopholes in the code every year around April (although some are claiming that they won't take a healthcare subsidy).
If I claim to be a socialist but wish God wasn't kicked out of our schools so that we could have an LGBT club instead, is there a label for me? Are there no LGBT Christian's? I hate labels......All of them!
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