People who don’t like cold climates like Idaho find a way to move to the south. People who want large animals move to rural communities. People who like urban bustle and social diversity live in places like Seattle.
So why aren’t the people who extol the virtues of socialism moving to the many places that employ that type of civil governance?
I ask them to tell me why instead of going to find the society they admire, they are so insistent in changing the one that I love and making me live the life I don’t want.
As expected; I either get no answer, or derogatory remarks about my stupidity or racism.
Good catch!
BTTT
if they have such a utopia, why do they need all those Muslims to make it better?
BFL
Bernie’s supporters need to check out the Swedish tax rates.
First bracket is 30%. Starts after $2,700. Next bracket is 60%.
SS/Medicare tax is 30%. And there is a 25% VAT.
That is because socialism isn’t about freedom. It is about FORCING people to live like the socialist ruling class says.
Electing a Socialist will turn this country into a single corporation owned by the government. This is a prescription for disaster, poverty and ruin.
Dr Phil says anger is always a response to frustration or fear.
Poor frustrated scared Jeb.
Even if the Scandinavian countries were legitimate successes of socialism, think about this: socialism has been implemented by nearly every country on the planet in some form. If you can only cite 3 countries as possibly having become more prosperous under socialism, that is a REALLY bad track record!
There is a place where everyone is equal, where the food and housing is free, everyone has free health care and only the police and guard have guns. It’s called prison and should be the liberals’ utopia.
I used to work with a guy who was a world traveler. One time I asked him which country that he'd been to, if he could, where he'd like to retire.
He said Norway.
I asked him "why Norway?"
He said because the gov. does so much for the average citizen.
I asked him if then he was going to retire there.
He said no.
I said "why not?"
He said because it's too expensive.
I said "why do you want to retire there then?"
He said because the gov. does so much for its citizens.
I said "how can it be great, if it's too expensive to live there?"
He finally disgustedly walked away from me.
Norway’s population is 5,000,000 about the same as the greater Houston area.
What they do doesn’t apply to us in any way.
The Baby Boomers have spawned a generation of little socialists....
I never get that myself, maybe some of these folks believe that what they do will lead to world peace maybe.
Social democracy worked in Scandinavia because they were small homogeneous countries linked by a common religion, culture and values.
That doesn’t exist today. The Swedish “third way” can’t be replicated in the US because its so different.
Social democracy was less about theoretical doctrine than practical improvisation and adapting Marxism mediated via Eduard Bernstein, to the reality of democracy.
It just hasn’t failed there quite as disastrously as it has in other places.
Even Denmark, a pillar of socialist nanny-statism, has discovered that its economy can’t sustain an endless swell of gimmedats.
The smartest Nordics emmigrated to the US before 1950.
and has not had to pay for defense since WWII.