We don’t have to denounce “socialism..”. There is plenty of wiggle room between an Anglo Saxon style capitalism with 20% less social responsibility and safety net by the govt. versus a continental style capitalism with 20 % more social actions by the govt. We can however denounce any illiberal policies and I’m using liberalism in the classical sense, not the hijacked definition by our politicians in the 90s.
aed38 on
Rich for socialism you show a government building.
DyscreetBoy on
My government (Brazil) told us, and I shit you not, that those favelas on the top right corner are actually middle class and poor people are only the homeless ones.
By changing the definition of poor, they reduced poverty!
Alpha1Niner on
So the US is socialist?
_HarborLight_ on
Brazil isn’t exactly socialist, so it’s hard to blame the favelas on socialism. A better example would be the crowded brutalist towers in places like North Korea (or the Soviet Union a few decades ago).
ArtemisRifle on
Concrete tenaments
AlVic40117560_ on
I don’t know what part of the country you’re from, but that middle class house is a rich house where I’m from
Seared_Gibets on
Should past the Poor Socialism pic to the Middle Class spot as well.
NsaAgent25 on
Venezuela is real socialism. According to Bernie Sanders they are closer to the American Dream and we live in a banana republic.
WeareStillRomans on
That’s right ignore the giant homeless camps we have now
Ignore the utterly despair filled drug epidemic a cost of living crisis we have
I_Tell_You_Why_Funny on
Read the Gulag Archipelago and tell me that communism was the problem. Socialist systems work quite well in Scandinavia, the reason all out socialism will never work in the US is not because socialism doesn’t work, it’s because our government is already too authoritarian. All this socialism alarmism does nothing, especially when it’s a straw man instead of legitimate criticism (which there are plenty of). Boomer ass meme.
LicenciadoPena on
I’d say, if you couldn’t correctly apply the system in 100 years, then you should ask yourself if it actually can be applied.
karnok on
Yeah, except the poor is 99% of the population under socialism and perhaps 20% of the population under capitalism. Plus, even that poor house on the right has AC, a flat-screen television, the internet and a microwave oven.
Also, about 2% of people under capitalism are millionaires (there are about 8 million millionaires in the US) whereas barely 0.1% of people under socialism will be rich (and corrupt). Plus their wealth won’t last long when there are food shortages and civil unrest, etc.
CCN1983 on
I honestly feel like the majority of people look at this issue incorrectly IMHO. There is always one constant and it’s the rich. They never change and it’s always the same people and there’s a reason for it. This is perhaps where I begin to steer away from my libertarian roots and deregulation but let’s be honest. Rich people have always been stacking the deck in their favor.
Ed_Radley on
Pretty soon capitalism is going to look like socialism due to the fiat currency. So much inflation that nobody will be middle class any longer. Just poor and rich. We need back on the gold standard pronto.
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We don’t have to denounce “socialism..”. There is plenty of wiggle room between an Anglo Saxon style capitalism with 20% less social responsibility and safety net by the govt. versus a continental style capitalism with 20 % more social actions by the govt. We can however denounce any illiberal policies and I’m using liberalism in the classical sense, not the hijacked definition by our politicians in the 90s.
Rich for socialism you show a government building.
My government (Brazil) told us, and I shit you not, that those favelas on the top right corner are actually middle class and poor people are only the homeless ones.
By changing the definition of poor, they reduced poverty!
So the US is socialist?
Brazil isn’t exactly socialist, so it’s hard to blame the favelas on socialism. A better example would be the crowded brutalist towers in places like North Korea (or the Soviet Union a few decades ago).
Concrete tenaments
I don’t know what part of the country you’re from, but that middle class house is a rich house where I’m from
Should past the Poor Socialism pic to the Middle Class spot as well.
Venezuela is real socialism. According to Bernie Sanders they are closer to the American Dream and we live in a banana republic.
That’s right ignore the giant homeless camps we have now
Ignore the utterly despair filled drug epidemic a cost of living crisis we have
Read the Gulag Archipelago and tell me that communism was the problem. Socialist systems work quite well in Scandinavia, the reason all out socialism will never work in the US is not because socialism doesn’t work, it’s because our government is already too authoritarian. All this socialism alarmism does nothing, especially when it’s a straw man instead of legitimate criticism (which there are plenty of). Boomer ass meme.
I’d say, if you couldn’t correctly apply the system in 100 years, then you should ask yourself if it actually can be applied.
Yeah, except the poor is 99% of the population under socialism and perhaps 20% of the population under capitalism. Plus, even that poor house on the right has AC, a flat-screen television, the internet and a microwave oven.
Also, about 2% of people under capitalism are millionaires (there are about 8 million millionaires in the US) whereas barely 0.1% of people under socialism will be rich (and corrupt). Plus their wealth won’t last long when there are food shortages and civil unrest, etc.
I honestly feel like the majority of people look at this issue incorrectly IMHO. There is always one constant and it’s the rich. They never change and it’s always the same people and there’s a reason for it. This is perhaps where I begin to steer away from my libertarian roots and deregulation but let’s be honest. Rich people have always been stacking the deck in their favor.
Pretty soon capitalism is going to look like socialism due to the fiat currency. So much inflation that nobody will be middle class any longer. Just poor and rich. We need back on the gold standard pronto.
Is there a “middle class” left anymore lol?
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