The Phoney March of Capitalism
So as the engines of american propaganda quietly denounce socialism using Terri Schiavo's death as a condemnation of big government. So I decided I should say a few words on the matter. Big government or no, socialism must be addressed properly, and with a little bit more consideration than most are taught to give the matter.
Millions currently hold the United States up as the shining beacon of capitalist prosperity. And yet, all those things which make the United States so revered are products of social spending. Military force is, after all, a socialist / feudal principle.
So I'm Canadian, and I swear by my health care system, but I do hear a lot of people bad mouthing it and I gotta ask myself: Why do they think it will cost us less to privatise the whole shebang? The USA is, after all, spending significantly more (PER CAPITA) than Canada on their supposedly cheaper Private Health Care system. Why? Legal overhead mostly. When lives are no more than profit margins, ethics can get a little skewed.
From 1989 to 1991, the world's longest running and most powerful Socialist (Communist, in actuality, but that's semantics) foundered. The USA proclaimed a victory for capitalism and went about Balkanizing the region and taking over the Worker Factories, though they suffered the dual indignity of getting almost no pay increase while at the same time discovering the true meaning of inflation, actually seeing a DROP in their overall quality of life. A great victory indeed.
How long before people realize they can live better? How long until the proletariat overthrows the bourgeoisie? How long before the Worker's Revolution?
Are you ready for the shocker?
It's already happened, and is still happening. Over ninety percent of the world's population currently lives under one form of socialism or another. Canada is a perfect example of this, trading in a controlled market, with a public health system, with constraints on private airlines to keep them affordable and safe, with a welfare system that leaves few, if any behind and with hundreds of different government programs aimed at helping the poor and needy. China, which alone makes up nearly a quarter of the world's population, is Stalin Red, though slowly drifting towards a more capitalistic tendency (Capito-Socialism, the wave of the future), even the USA has a strong welfare program, a stronger military and litterally TRILLIONS of dollars dedicated to social spending.
So much for Capitalism.
Millions currently hold the United States up as the shining beacon of capitalist prosperity. And yet, all those things which make the United States so revered are products of social spending. Military force is, after all, a socialist / feudal principle.
So I'm Canadian, and I swear by my health care system, but I do hear a lot of people bad mouthing it and I gotta ask myself: Why do they think it will cost us less to privatise the whole shebang? The USA is, after all, spending significantly more (PER CAPITA) than Canada on their supposedly cheaper Private Health Care system. Why? Legal overhead mostly. When lives are no more than profit margins, ethics can get a little skewed.
From 1989 to 1991, the world's longest running and most powerful Socialist (Communist, in actuality, but that's semantics) foundered. The USA proclaimed a victory for capitalism and went about Balkanizing the region and taking over the Worker Factories, though they suffered the dual indignity of getting almost no pay increase while at the same time discovering the true meaning of inflation, actually seeing a DROP in their overall quality of life. A great victory indeed.
How long before people realize they can live better? How long until the proletariat overthrows the bourgeoisie? How long before the Worker's Revolution?
Are you ready for the shocker?
It's already happened, and is still happening. Over ninety percent of the world's population currently lives under one form of socialism or another. Canada is a perfect example of this, trading in a controlled market, with a public health system, with constraints on private airlines to keep them affordable and safe, with a welfare system that leaves few, if any behind and with hundreds of different government programs aimed at helping the poor and needy. China, which alone makes up nearly a quarter of the world's population, is Stalin Red, though slowly drifting towards a more capitalistic tendency (Capito-Socialism, the wave of the future), even the USA has a strong welfare program, a stronger military and litterally TRILLIONS of dollars dedicated to social spending.
So much for Capitalism.