Aaron Thomas -> Bj”rn Felten skrev 2024-11-18 13:40:

Socialism is an economic system that gets forced on people by government dictators. Nobody asks for it; they get stuck with it. Some people make the best of it by pretending that it's great.

My oh my! There are abt. 500M citizens in Europe alone, and you think that all of us are living in dictatorships?

Plus, of course, a million or more living in former UK colonies like, e.g. your northern neighbour.

Only one not-very democratic country will actually be living a dictatorship after January 20, 2025, but it'll probably take more than a year before Bidenomics wears off, so you still have some time to plan for your future.

Remember Germany 1933...


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Socialism is an economic system that gets forced on people by governm dictators. Nobody asks for it; they get stuck with it. Some people ma the best of it by pretending that it's great.

My oh my! There are abt. 500M citizens in Europe alone, and you think that all of us are living in dictatorships?

No, but they're not all living with a socialist economy either.

Only one not-very democratic country will actually be living a dictatorship after January 20, 2025, but it'll probably take more than a year before Bidenomics wears off, so you still have some time to plan
for your future.

The majority of Americans (big majority too) voted for Trump. There's nothing dictatorial about that.

I'm a New York state resident and I still have the right to enter the country illegally, get a free sex change, get pregnant, have an abortion, and even have the taxpayers change my sex back to what it originally was. And Trump can't stand in my way of any of that.

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Aaron Thomas -> Bj”rn Felten skrev 2024-11-22 04:44:

My oh my! There are abt. 500M citizens in Europe alone, and you think
that all of us are living in dictatorships?

No, but they're not all living with a socialist economy either.

Oh yes, we all are! Every developed country in the world is living with a socialist economy.

Only a few countries have brainwashed people that think that capitalism is best for them. Yeah, steal from the poor and give to the rich; what a way to achieve the "American Dream".

Let's talk again in a year or so when Bidenomics starts to wear off, and the Trumpist tariff economy makes groceries, housing, and fuel cheaper.


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Oh yes, we all are! Every developed country in the world is living
with a socialist economy.

So every single one of these websites is wrong?
https://tinyurl.com/munnpcmh

The collaborative consensus would suggest otherwise.
Other information found on the Internet (within seconds) proves and shows that everywhere it has been tried it has failed w/ disastrous results.

You're so barking up the wrong tree.

... Still waitng for that Coffee :)

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Only a few countries have brainwashed people that think that
capitalism is best for them. Yeah, steal from the poor and give to the rich; what a way to achieve the "American Dream".

What are you talking about? Who's "stealing from the poor?"

We take pride in saying things like "I worked hard to earn everything I own."

Do you take pride in saying things like "I worked less than everyone else, but I still took home the same amount of pay as everyone else?"

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