Reply #41: We'll keep our "fascist" universal health care, thank you. [View All]

[MojoRoad]

Now this IS silly. Look, in a complex society there is, sometimes, the need to side with the whole society over the rights of the individual.... This is true, believe it or not, even in the U.S.

Government regulates drugs, water, pollutants (at least in theory) - Guns, drives licenses, old age homes, etc etc etc and everything in between. Your very government, as I recall -and I might be wrong here- did much the very same thing with "olestra" sp? the so called trans fat replacement that gave everyone the shits. remember that? Are you still eating olestra Doritos? Many, many other foodstuffs, chemicals etc. are restricted in BOTH countries for threats to health, be it cancer, or whatever! If, as trans fat is, proven dangerous to the health of our nation, and there are safe(r) alternatives why allow it? Trans fat is so ubiquitous in our food it would be a MAJOR health boost to switch.... and up here in Canada many companies are switching because they know what's coming. pretty soon, trans fat content will be highlighted on all packaging.

Protecting citizens from the dangers of something –easily replaced- is hardly facist. It’s smart social policy, that could pay off big time in the sense that Collective revenue (i.e our tax dollars) could be use in a much more constructive way….

The libertarian BS notion of complete “freedom” would in fact promote the exact social Darwinism the brings about fascism in the first place. So please keep your second amendment rights (which is exactly the same argument the “fascist” point maker makes) at the border.

You should be so lucky to have an actual, real, viable social democratic party in the states.


Cheers!

Mojoroad