It's remarkable how Righties represent "Socialism" as "Tyranny". It's apparently an affectation acquired from too much Rush on the radio and other similar sources of agitprop.
Our Scandinavian cousins practice Socialism that's *not* Tyranny, as do our Western European allies to various degrees. Apparently, Righties seem to think that we're inferior, incapable of doing the same here in the US.
We do, however, seem to practice socialism for the rich. We have far and away the lowest taxes on huge incomes in the first world. We provide safe haven for their money in the form of US govt securities, so they don't have to risk it in the marketplace. We provide a huge military to protect their offshore investments and other govt agencies to aid penetration into foreign markets. We provide a safe environment for them and their children- they don't have to live in walled compounds, travel in armored limos, live in fear of their children being kidnapped and held for ransom. There's even more to it, I'm sure.
Yet they sponsor organizations whose message is contempt of government and democracy in general, particularly any govt efforts to provide the rest of the population with good and honest govt...
Nanny State? It's already here, it's just that only the very few at the very top are its beneficiaries...
Our Scandinavian cousins practice Socialism that's *not* Tyranny, as do our Western European allies to various degrees. Apparently, Righties seem to think that we're inferior, incapable of doing the same here in the US.
We do, however, seem to practice socialism for the rich. We have far and away the lowest taxes on huge incomes in the first world. We provide safe haven for their money in the form of US govt securities, so they don't have to risk it in the marketplace. We provide a huge military to protect their offshore investments and other govt agencies to aid penetration into foreign markets. We provide a safe environment for them and their children- they don't have to live in walled compounds, travel in armored limos, live in fear of their children being kidnapped and held for ransom. There's even more to it, I'm sure.
Yet they sponsor organizations whose message is contempt of government and democracy in general, particularly any govt efforts to provide the rest of the population with good and honest govt...
Nanny State? It's already here, it's just that only the very few at the very top are its beneficiaries...