Originally posted by Robtard
To all the silly American's crying about socialism:We have socialism/practices in the US as well...
I wish we could rename socialism and capitalism so everyone would forget all their preconceived biases about these systems. The truth of the matter is that these systems totally work in conjunction with each other, covering the other's blind spots. We need to look at them as a sets of tools, with each one having a specific situation where it works best.
Hearing otherwise reasonable people, both on KMC and in real life, lose their minds reciting this ridiculous idea that "there can only be one!" feels bad man.
Originally posted by StyleTime
👆I wish we could rename socialism and capitalism so everyone would forget all their preconceived biases about these systems. The truth of the matter is that these systems totally work in conjunction with each other, covering the other's weak spots. We need to look at them as a sets of tools, with each one having a specific situation where it works best.
Hearing otherwise reasonable people, both on KMC and in real life, lose their minds reciting this ridiculous idea that "there can only be one!" feels bad man.
Originally posted by darthgoober
There is a name for it, it's called a mixed economy.
Nice. I guess people read my posts even if no one responds to them.
Yes, I just took credit for your education in an extremely arrogant way and I feel kind of bad about doing that. But only a little.
But, yes, I feel like some of the best posts I make here, no one reads or cares about so it makes me butthurt.
Originally posted by darthgoober
There is a name for it, it's called a mixed economy.
Bingo. I love it when people think they have some sort of "gotcha" by pointing out we have some social programs here. And then act like it's silly to be concerned over people who want shit like not just healthcare, but universal basic income, free college, and guaranteed federal jobs. They also seem to want anyone from Mexico who wants to come here to be able to do so.
People can say not all of those things I just named are necessarily socialist policies, but when you have someone who is saying she is a democratic socialist pushing shit like that...it's silly to call people worried "silly".
Originally posted by darthgoober
There is a name for it, it's called a mixed economy.
Originally posted by Surtur
Bingo. I love it when people think they have some sort of "gotcha" by pointing out we have some social programs here. And then act like it's silly to be concerned over people who want shit like not just healthcare, but universal basic income, free college, and guaranteed federal jobs. They also seem to want anyone from Mexico who wants to come here to be able to do so.People can say not all of those things I just named are necessarily socialist policies, but when you have someone who is saying she is a democratic socialist pushing shit like that...it's silly to call people worried "silly".
And in the real world, let's be serious here. Most naysayers are reacting to the term "socialism" alone. They aren't simply voicing concerns over a specific policy. They are legit afraid of the word.
That's why I want to do a full blown, Jean Grey mindwipe. Then, hopefully, we can just discuss this stuff without the baggage, or at least with much less of the baggage.
Originally posted by dadudemon
Nice. I guess people read my posts even if no one responds to them.Yes, I just took credit for your education in an extremely arrogant way and I feel kind of bad about doing that. But only a little.
But, yes, I feel like some of the best posts I make here, no one reads or cares about so it makes me butthurt.
I read that same post you made before. I think I read all your posts if I'm active in the thread.
Originally posted by StyleTimeRight, but that isn't what happened here. What happened here is multiple posters making caricatures of and mocking socialism, despite contrary statistics no less.
And in the real world, let's be serious here. Most naysayers are reacting to the term "socialism" alone. They aren't simply voicing concerns over a specific policy. They are legit afraid of the word.
Bingo
Originally posted by StyleTime
👆I wish we could rename socialism and capitalism so everyone would forget all their preconceived biases about these systems. The truth of the matter is that these systems totally work in conjunction with each other, covering the other's blind spots. We need to look at them as a sets of tools, with each one having a specific situation where it works best.
Hearing otherwise reasonable people, both on KMC and in real life, lose their minds reciting this ridiculous idea that "there can only be one!" feels bad man.
Any system that relies on the patronage of an elite class, or on the intelligence of the mob, is doomed to be a bad system.