Reply #83: america doesn't want socialism [View All]

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all western post industrialized countries exercise socialism.
the bare truth america doesn't want to hear -- that is the rationalist/humanist inheritance,
the problem is that corporations and their willing agents the religous right are attempting to do away with many of the things that support the most vulnerable elments in society, i.e. the environment, the poor, the elderly.
by privatizing a good many of these agendas they know that a good deal of damage will be done -- but the hope is they can make their buck and get out in good order. and they have an inherent belief in their own superiority -- but with greed or moral certainty as philosophical foundations they will deliver more pain than effective services.
socialist governments can be tough -- but they try for a neutrality. understanding there is no one perfect set of human to provide a structure for.