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My friend...
Water, electricity, sewage, the postal service, the FAA, the FDA, the SEC, the Federal Reserve, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment Insurance, SNAP, Housing vouchers, Welfare, K-12 public education, public universities, federal loans, government subsidies, bailouts, the interstate highway system, bridges, dams, national parks, progressive taxation...
Like...which other industry would you like the government to get involved in before you entertain calling it socialist? I gather that the argument can be a provocative overstatement. However, I think you would agree that "the USA has successfully integrated many socialist inspired policies into its capitalist system" is an easily defensible position.
Confusing services with socialism. Confusing fascism with socialism. Confusing capitalism with socialism. Confused, confused, confused. Narrow minds are usually very confused.
Oh hey Tiger666, good to see you again my friend. Congrats on ALMOST making an entire reply without trying to insult someone. I hope one day we can in a civil dialog 🤗
Sure it has some social benefits it's hardly socialist.
We may need to agree to disagree on this one. I take the position that since 1913 w/ the addition of the 16th amendment the USA became socialist. Again though, I do understand why that can be viewed as an overly provocative stance. The distinction for some of these terminologies can get messy.
Out of curiosity, from your perspective, what additional policies would need to be enacted to make the USA socialist?
Abolish the ruling class and distribute the resources of the country in a more fair fashion. Setup a proper social safety net so that Healthcare isn't tied to employment. For starters
Fuck yeah! I'm with you brother.
Great! Nazis still weren't socialist though. And nazis are fucking horrible
In case you were looking for a more academic person to explain the nazi/socialist connection, this randomly popped up in my youtube feed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjkQZ3MmGgY&t=2623s
I didn't listen to the whole episode and I don't endorse the show, but there are some serious modern academics saying things similar to what I was saying yesterday. All the best.
Yeah I took a look into the pod cast and the people involved, there is a lot of suspect bits, I don't really lend credence, especially since the nazis weren't socialist. Take care
That's fair. The title did seem a bit click-baity and the they both seemed to be pushing capitalism as the superior system from the parts that I did listen to.
I dream of a day that we regularly meet up for lunch, perhaps once a week, drink a beer, have some laughs, and when we say goodbye to each other, you'll say "The Nazis weren't socialists" 🤣