Does America need a bit of Socialism

[Neo Philippine Empire]

But from my observation,America is going to be a far right nation like Nazi Germany

[Duvniask]

America already has some socialism. I'm talking before Obamacare too. Ever since the end of the great depression, we have had socialist policies.

Social Security
Medicare
Public schooling
Welfare

It's nonsense to ascribe the welfare state as "socialist".

[72o]

Fix the healthcare system. Beyond that, no. America doesn't need more 'socialism'. I definitely don't wanna see the US go full europe.

[72o]

America already has some socialism. I'm talking before Obamacare too. Ever since the end of the great depression, we have had socialist policies.

Social Security
Medicare
Public schooling
Welfare

It's nonsense to ascribe the welfare state as "socialist".

Of course it is, but that's how OP is using the term, so you might just play along.

[Divair]

We need socialism in America like we need fucking holes in all our heads.

Well, yeah. You need a mouth. And a nose. Rather useful.

[Pilotto]

Fix the healthcare system. Beyond that, no. America doesn't need more 'socialism'. I definitely don't wanna see the US go full europe.

What do you mean by "fix the healthcare system"? That could mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people.
Other than that I agree.

[Divair]

Fix the healthcare system. Beyond that, no. America doesn't need more 'socialism'. I definitely don't wanna see the US go full europe.

What do you mean by "fix the healthcare system"? That could mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people.
Other than that I agree.

Presumably since we're talking about "socialism", he means a national healthcare system.

[Vlad Dracul]

We need socialism in America like we need fucking holes in all our heads.

Well, yeah. You need a mouth. And a nose. Rather useful.

If you know the idiom well enough to be pedantic about it, you know it well enough to know what was meant. Sheldon Cooper is only funny on TV, in real life nobody likes a 'sperger.

[Divair]

If you know the idiom well enough to be pedantic about it, you know it well enough to know what was meant.

If a saying makes no sense, it doesn't deserve to be said.

Sheldon Cooper is only funny on TV, in real life nobody likes a 'sperger.

I have autism? This is news. Why was I not informed? Where's the memo, hmm?

[Pilotto]

What do you mean by "fix the healthcare system"? That could mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people.
Other than that I agree.

Presumably since we're talking about "socialism", he means a national healthcare system.

Well there are lots of things you could do to "fix" the healthcare system that do not involve entrusting something as important as healthcare to the incompetent bureaucratic machine (also known as government). Allowing people to purchase health insurance from across state lines, for instance.

But from my observation,America is going to be a far right nation like Nazi Germany

You do not seem to be paying close attention to American politics.

[Divair]

Presumably since we're talking about "socialism", he means a national healthcare system.

Well there are lots of things you could do to "fix" the healthcare system that do not involve entrusting something as important as healthcare to the incompetent bureaucratic machine (also known as government). Allowing people to purchase health insurance from across state lines, for instance.

The equivalent of giving someone a bandage for a laceration.

[Alyekra]

Well, yeah. You need a mouth. And a nose. Rather useful.

If you know the idiom well enough to be pedantic about it, you know it well enough to know what was meant. Sheldon Cooper is only funny on TV, in real life nobody likes a 'sperger.

Wow. You're a bona-fide jerk, aren't you?

[Sebtopiaris]

Sheldon Cooper is only funny on TV, in real life nobody likes a 'sperger.

You seem to be making a little bit of a stereotype there...

[Pilotto]

Well there are lots of things you could do to "fix" the healthcare system that do not involve entrusting something as important as healthcare to the incompetent bureaucratic machine (also known as government). Allowing people to purchase health insurance from across state lines, for instance.

The equivalent of giving someone a bandage for a laceration.

Better than rubbing dirt in the wound.

[Divair]

The equivalent of giving someone a bandage for a laceration.

Better than rubbing dirt in the wound.

Sounds like what the GOP proposes by deregulating everything until there's nothing left to regulate.

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

entrusting something as important as healthcare to the incompetent bureaucratic machine (also known as government).

If I lived in a country without public healthcare, I'd be just ashamed, ashamed.

It's like saying it's okay for people who don't have money to die.

Don't you feel bad for lagging behind Brazil, China and Saudi Arabia?

[Alyekra]

entrusting something as important as healthcare to the incompetent bureaucratic machine (also known as government).

If I lived in a country without public healthcare, I'd be just ashamed, ashamed.

It's like saying it's okay for people who don't have money to die.

Don't you feel bad for lagging behind Brazil, China and Saudi Arabia?

No, it's saying there's a better way to solve problems than stealing things.

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

No, it's saying there's a better way to solve problems than stealing things.

Like surplus value, that is the cause of most enrichment?

[Alyekra]

No, it's saying there's a better way to solve problems than stealing things.

Like surplus value, that is the cause of most enrichment?

I'm afraid I don't follow.

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

Like surplus value, that is the cause of most enrichment?

I'm afraid I don't follow.

That is what happens when you teach Atlas Shrugged instead of Das Kapital in the 8th grade, America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surplus_value

[Sebtopiaris]

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Looks to me like a map of the civilised world.

[Pilotto]

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If I lived in a country without public healthcare, I'd be just ashamed, ashamed.

It's like saying it's okay for people who don't have money to die.

Don't you feel bad for lagging behind Brazil, China and Saudi Arabia?

No, it's saying there's a better way to solve problems than stealing things.

Indeed. Government is by nature corrupt and inefficient. Entrusting more responsibility than is necessary to the government is not a good idea.
Also, poor people in America (like me, a broke college student) are not left to die if they can't pay for treatment.

[Estado Paulista]

entrusting something as important as healthcare to the incompetent bureaucratic machine (also known as government).

If I lived in a country without public healthcare, I'd be just ashamed, ashamed.

It's like saying it's okay for people who don't have money to die.

Don't you feel bad for lagging behind Brazil, China and Saudi Arabia?

I doubt the average American's acess to healthcare is this bad.

Looks to me like a map of the civilised world.

I would hardly call Saudi Arabia, China, Brazil, Argentina and Oman "civilized" countries.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

No, it's saying there's a better way to solve problems than stealing things.

Indeed. Government is by nature corrupt and inefficient. Entrusting more responsibility than is necessary to the government is not a good idea.
Also, poor people in America (like me, a broke college student) are not left to die if they can't pay for treatment.

Well, I am not a broke college student; I am actually a graduate.

I think government can implement universal healthcare, although the government being corrupt? You have to be more specific than that.

[Pilotto]

The shortcomings of socialized medicine.