Which is superior? (79)
Why is America the only country in the world referred to as "The land of opportunity?" Because it is capitalist based. I don't see anyone flocking to socialist countries! If someone doesn't like capitalism, then MOVE to a country that is already socialist, but don't try to drag down the greatest nation on earth.
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KIBALUV: Why is America the only country in the world referred to as "The land of opportunity?" Because it is capitalist based. I don't see anyone flocking to socialist countries! If someone doesn't like capitalism, then MOVE to a country that is already socialist, but don't try to drag down the greatest nation on earth.
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KIBALUV: Why is America the only country in the world referred to as "The land of opportunity?" Because it is capitalist based. I don't see anyone flocking to socialist countries! If someone doesn't like capitalism, then MOVE to a country that is already socialist, but don't try to drag down the greatest nation on earth.
America WAS the land of opportunity..for emigrants, (history shows all great fortunes were achieve by emigrants)... but by your comments...I can see that you still living in the 1800´s... so no more comments.
I would suggest you reading about what makes a "great country" ... but no worries- US is also included as great country....
By the way, capitalism, as a philosophy, is not what US is practicing... for long time
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Bogart_1960: America WAS the land of opportunity..for emigrants, (history shows all great fortunes were achieve by emigrants)... but by your comments...I can see that you still living in the 1800´s... so no more comments.
I would suggest you reading about what makes a "great country" ... but no worries- US is also included as great country....
By the way, capitalism, as a philosophy, is not what US is practicing... for long time
I would suggest you reading about what makes a "great country" ... but no worries- US is also included as great country....
By the way, capitalism, as a philosophy, is not what US is practicing... for long time
What are you smoking tonight, Bog? Name one country you can prove is better than the USA?
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galrads: What are you smoking tonight, Bog? Name one country you can prove is better than the USA?
Galrads,
had to be you !!... not smoking but enjoying a single malt... old------ This poll is Archived ------
Bogart_1960: Galrads, had to be you !!... not smoking but enjoying a single malt... old
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KIBALUV: Why is America the only country in the world referred to as "The land of opportunity?" Because it is capitalist based. I don't see anyone flocking to socialist countries! If someone doesn't like capitalism, then MOVE to a country that is already socialist, but don't try to drag down the greatest nation on earth.
The "greatest nation on earth" has never been "great". An actor on the TV show 'Newsroom' put it perfectly. Google it and stop talking drivel. By the way, the Vietnamese don't believe the USA is the greatest nation on earth nor do the Taliban.------ This poll is Archived ------
scon1916: The "greatest nation on earth" has never been "great". An actor on the TV show 'Newsroom' put it perfectly. Google it and stop talking drivel. By the way, the Vietnamese don't believe the USA is the greatest nation on earth nor do the Taliban.
The US is the greatest country on Earth? What a joke!
Where else in the world is it considered 'acceptable to sit a small child in the front garden with a loaded gun?
50.1 MILLION people in the US struggle to put food on the table every day.
1 in 7 people are enrolled in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Nearly half of them are children.
It is being projected that approximately 50 percent of all U.S. children will be on food stamps at some point in their lives before they reach the age of 18.
The US census bureau says that in 2010 35 MILLION US citizens are living in poverty
About 1.56 million people used an emergency shelter or a transitional housing program during the 12-month period between October 1, 2008 and September 30, 2009. This number suggests that roughly 1 in every 200 persons in the U.S. used the shelter system at some point in that period.
1.5 MILLION = the number of children in America who go to sleep without a home each year
The US is supposed to be a first world country. Its treatment of the poor looks more kike India or Brazil. If you are wealthy I'm sure the US is a wonderful place to be, like India or Brazil. If you are poor you might actually be better off living in a third world country. When international aid agencies are starting to operate in a first world country providing health care and food something is REALLY going wrong.
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galrads: Name one country you can prove is better than the USA?
Canada...
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Iuchi_Zien: The US is the greatest country on Earth? What a joke!
Where else in the world is it considered 'acceptable to sit a small child in the front garden with a loaded gun?
50.1 MILLION people in the US struggle to put food on the table every day.
1 in 7 people are enrolled in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Nearly half of them are children.
It is being projected that approximately 50 percent of all U.S. children will be on food stamps at some point in their lives before they reach the age of 18.
The US census bureau says that in 2010 35 MILLION US citizens are living in poverty
About 1.56 million people used an emergency shelter or a transitional housing program during the 12-month period between October 1, 2008 and September 30, 2009. This number suggests that roughly 1 in every 200 persons in the U.S. used the shelter system at some point in that period.
1.5 MILLION = the number of children in America who go to sleep without a home each year
The US is supposed to be a first world country. Its treatment of the poor looks more kike India or Brazil. If you are wealthy I'm sure the US is a wonderful place to be, like India or Brazil. If you are poor you might actually be better off living in a third world country. When international aid agencies are starting to operate in a first world country providing health care and food something is REALLY going wrong.
the Topic actually is,whether Capitalism or Socialism is superior!Where else in the world is it considered 'acceptable to sit a small child in the front garden with a loaded gun?
50.1 MILLION people in the US struggle to put food on the table every day.
1 in 7 people are enrolled in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Nearly half of them are children.
It is being projected that approximately 50 percent of all U.S. children will be on food stamps at some point in their lives before they reach the age of 18.
The US census bureau says that in 2010 35 MILLION US citizens are living in poverty
About 1.56 million people used an emergency shelter or a transitional housing program during the 12-month period between October 1, 2008 and September 30, 2009. This number suggests that roughly 1 in every 200 persons in the U.S. used the shelter system at some point in that period.
1.5 MILLION = the number of children in America who go to sleep without a home each year
The US is supposed to be a first world country. Its treatment of the poor looks more kike India or Brazil. If you are wealthy I'm sure the US is a wonderful place to be, like India or Brazil. If you are poor you might actually be better off living in a third world country. When international aid agencies are starting to operate in a first world country providing health care and food something is REALLY going wrong.
But it seems the US-Bashers always find a way to get to their favorite Topic!
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jono7: Canada...
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I agree, and without a shadow of a doubt in my mind, especially after having travelled extensively in both and seeing how people live, and survive.
Hiya J
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"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples money"
Margret Thatcher
Margret Thatcher
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Conrad73: the Topic actually is,whether Capitalism or Socialism is superior!
But it seems the US-Bashers always find a way to get to their favorite Topic!
But it seems the US-Bashers always find a way to get to their favorite Topic!
Ahh, Conrad, it's hardly a worthwhile comparison, either are just partial evaluations of any given country on the planet, and many have aspects of every "system" of governance known.
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scon1916: The "greatest nation on earth" has never been "great". An actor on the TV show 'Newsroom' put it perfectly. Google it and stop talking drivel. By the way, the Vietnamese don't believe the USA is the greatest nation on earth nor do the Taliban.
yes i saw that on HBO - it was great. Also the Nick Naylor charachter in Thank you for Smoking also challenges this unfounded statement
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if Socialism is so great...why does it have to be mandated and forced on people?
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lalasierra: Why?
Superior to what end?
Not sure why people are bashing the US for being Capitalist. When the big Auto Giants got bailed out that was a kick in the teeth to Capitalism.
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kidatheart: I agree, and without a shadow of a doubt in my mind, especially after having travelled extensively in both and seeing how people live, and survive.
Hiya J
Hiya J
hiya kid
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MADDOG69: Superior to what end?
Not sure why people are bashing the US for being Capitalist. When the big Auto Giants got bailed out that was a kick in the teeth to Capitalism.
you mean that Crony-Corporatism that is still touted as "Capitalism" on both Sides of the Isle?Not sure why people are bashing the US for being Capitalist. When the big Auto Giants got bailed out that was a kick in the teeth to Capitalism.
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lalasierra: Why?
I don't know of any country that is capitalist or socialist. I know of many nations that use a mixture of the two. Some nations are more of one and some more of another.
The US is not use capitalism in it's pure form no more than China uses Communism in it's pure form.
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I know who is superior SUPERman:-)
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KIBALUV: Why is America the only country in the world referred to as "The land of opportunity?" Because it is capitalist based. I don't see anyone flocking to socialist countries! If someone doesn't like capitalism, then MOVE to a country that is already socialist, but don't try to drag down the greatest nation on earth.
Not so much people, but all the world's wealth, technology and industry certainly are.
And you're called a land of opportunity because you are/were a land of opportunity. There was a load of natural resources, good land and plenty of living space with few mouths to feed from it - this is your opportunity, opportunity that physically(not ideologically)exists.
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You could say that New Zealand is a Democratic Dictatorship with Socialist ideals maligned with a Communist streak, overall represented by a Constitutional Monarchy.
In reality it is a mixture of Socialistic and Democratic governmental system that is based upon the Constitutional Monarchy of the UK. The economic system as a 'free market economy' is certainly capitalistic, but is regulated by the ideals of the governing body.
In reality it is a mixture of Socialistic and Democratic governmental system that is based upon the Constitutional Monarchy of the UK. The economic system as a 'free market economy' is certainly capitalistic, but is regulated by the ideals of the governing body.
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Non... Both serve plutocracy
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galrads: What are you smoking tonight, Bog? Name one country you can prove is better than the USA?
Virgin
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There is no such thing as Capitalism and Socialism in practice.
These words simpy mask a dichotomy as old civilisation itself, which is the compromise between the individual and the society's rights, the balance between freedom and order, liberty and organisation and the one and the many.
These words simpy mask a dichotomy as old civilisation itself, which is the compromise between the individual and the society's rights, the balance between freedom and order, liberty and organisation and the one and the many.
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Obstinance_Works: There is no such thing as Capitalism and Socialism in practice.
These words simpy mask a dichotomy as old civilisation itself, which is the compromise between the individual and the society's rights, the balance between freedom and order, liberty and organisation and the one and the many.
Society has no right other than what the Individual has,except in the feverish Minds of the Statists!These words simpy mask a dichotomy as old civilisation itself, which is the compromise between the individual and the society's rights, the balance between freedom and order, liberty and organisation and the one and the many.
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Conrad73: Society has no right other than what the Individual has,except in the feverish Minds of the Statists!
Really? I wear my seat belt every time I drive.
And I'm not talking just about the state. There's organically occuring organisation. Social pressures that lead the individual to behave in a way that maximises the social good: Such as marriage or the way we discourage people from taking drugs.
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Conrad73: if Socialism is so great...why does it have to be mandated and forced on people?
Because the vast majority of the population are greedy, selfish and have no idea of where their taxes go and what they pay for. They expect everybody ELSE to pay for things but when it is their turn at the trough they barge everybody out of the way. If you, Conrad, are happy to move the corpses of the starved from the road as you drive past, or more likely, over them then that is your problem. But when you have that car stolen you'd better be prepared to pay for its finding and recovery yourself. And don't expect me to pay for the punishment of the person who stole it.
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Iuchi_Zien: Because the vast majority of the population are greedy, selfish and have no idea of where their taxes go and what they pay for.
Then we need to develop a system that accords to Human nature.
But what needs to be remembered is that there's a difference between the civilsed man and the savage - or there could be no art, no culture and no science - The civilised man will think objectively and abstractly over the longterm in enlightened self-interest, the savage(see Conrad)will respond to nothing but instinctive animal lusts and motivations of immediate self-interest.
In any case, we need a system that accurately refelcts how much of the population is civilised and how much is savage at any given time. Socialism, I feel, is above Humanity except under highly exceptional circumstances and times - which is why it leads to the Gulag.
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Obstinance_Works: Then we need to develop a system that accords to Human nature.
But what needs to be remembered is that there's a difference between the civilsed man and the savage - or there could be no art, no culture and no science - The civilised man will think objectively and abstractly over the longterm in enlightened self-interest, the savage(see Conrad)will respond to nothing but instinctive animal lusts and motivations of immediate self-interest.
In any case, we need a system that accurately refelcts how much of the population is civilised and how much is savage at any given time. Socialism, I feel, is above Humanity except under highly exceptional circumstances and times - which is why it leads to the Gulag.
But what needs to be remembered is that there's a difference between the civilsed man and the savage - or there could be no art, no culture and no science - The civilised man will think objectively and abstractly over the longterm in enlightened self-interest, the savage(see Conrad)will respond to nothing but instinctive animal lusts and motivations of immediate self-interest.
In any case, we need a system that accurately refelcts how much of the population is civilised and how much is savage at any given time. Socialism, I feel, is above Humanity except under highly exceptional circumstances and times - which is why it leads to the Gulag.
The civilised man abides to a civilised code, the validity of which is verified by society(note: this code is not in law). Therefore, the civilised man(by definiton)sacrifices a portion of his individual freedom to society.
The savage is free to do whatever his own power can allow him to do, no codes of honour, ethics, body of organisation or fellow Human Being is going to tell him otherwise.
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