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Is "Socialism" really so devastating as the "right wing" claims?

England ( now our only ally) is considered socialist, Denmark is socialist, Norway is socialist, Japan is socialist, Canada is socialist etc. and they all rate higher on UN quality of life, life expectancy and employment rate censuses. They have cheaper (if not free) post-secondary education, cheaper oil and the list goes on. Yes socialism is devastating as pursued by the right wing agenda. Yes I am a liberal, but do share some conservative view points. However no form of government is perfect, which includes democracy, give someone too much freedom and their find a way to abuse it and harm everyone around them. I don't think I'm a socialist nor do I endorse it, but I do not fear it since socialism in other developed countries worked out pretty well.

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If you want it so much go move there I'm sure you wouldn't mind waiting 3 months for an emergency surgery with Universal Health care and Doctors who don't care about you because they are salary capped and not driven to work in medicine
socialism isnt that bad its just that it always leans towards communism here is an explanation of idealogies: Socialism - u hav 2 cows, u give one to ur neighbour Communism - you hav 2 cows, gov takes them and gives you the milk Fascism - you hav 2 cows, gov takes them and sells you the milk Nazism - you hav 2 cows, gov takes them and shoots you Capitalism - you hav 2 cows, you sell one and buy a bull
Socialism goes against everything this country was founded on If you want socialism leave America
er they all are in serious economic trouble, socialism has not saved those counties from crap Norway and Sweden are the best example you got and both have small populations and a strict immigration policy ***ty SARAH your right the EU is a product of the US, they saw that uniting was the best way to go alot of EU counties notably FRANCE have took a big swing to the right
BANKRUPT GOVERMENTS BUYING BANKRUPT BANKS = DOOM!
I agree with You
Socialism is Un-American.... except for Social Security, The Armed Forces, roads, public schools, fire department, police....
Socialism is already part of our culture. Police, fire, education, and emergency services are all socialized. It works out just fine, as far as I can tell.
You're right. It is a much better system than ours. And no, conservatives, we are NOT moving over there. We are going to transform America into a European style socialist state. If you don't like it YOU can move somewhere else. We're the winners and you're the losers.
You know whats so funny is that Republicans claim that universal health care is so terrible and yet I don't see any other country trying to adopt our method of privatized health care, NOT ONE. Hmmmmmmmm....I wonder why that is???
It is when profits are concerned and since people look at everything as a price, they want their cut.
The U.N. lies about quality of life. Want a burger and a beer in sweden? Thatll be 30 dollars, please. Socialism works better for countries without minorities.
Republicans are retarded in their mindset if Public Education was a heated issue in todays time it would be called socialist and the Post Office as well. Republican voters do not even know what socialism even is. They take one little part of Marxist theory and try to scare people with crap. Most Republicans are uneducated on Marxism. By the way Japan is not socialist. The LDP runs their government at this time and they are Pro-American. It's the conservative party of Japan. By the way the Republicans claim a hold on religion right? Well didn't Jesus hate the rich and wanted people to share the wealth? Well I guess they forgot that part.
Yes. I lived in Britain for three years. It was horrifying to see socialism in action. Several friends of mine lost their lives to the flaws of socialized medicine. I, too, almost lost my life. The taxes over there are crippling. We have it soooo much better over here. I married a Scot. We had a choice to start and raise a family in the UK or America. We chose America without hesitation. There is a mass migration of Brits leaving the UK for similar reasons. Denmark, Norway, Japan and Canada all have had similar problems. Socialism hasn't worked for countries with smaller populations, it most certainly won't work for 300 million+. Learn from their mistakes: say no to socialism. p.s.- don't tell the Aussies, Israelis, Canadians, Turkey, Japan, South Korean, etc., etc.,etc that they are no longer our allies!
The "right wing" isn't the only people claiming it. However, I do find this all funny...you are following the latest pattern. Here's the refresher.... First... "Republicans are just using the word socialism to fear monger!" To next...as they learn more about the stimulus bill, but still don't quite get it..... "What was it Bush just did?" and now that they know the spendulus is a skunk... "Socialism isn't too bad" Now....do you see why we can't take you seriously?
I see any increase in power as a potential for disaster. We saw it with Bush and we're definitely going to see it with Obama.