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There's lots of countries that have socialist policies that are doing just fine, many of them western countries. Sometimes they are better off than the USA. Soc

There's lots of countries that have socialist policies that are doing just fine, many of them western countries. Sometimes they are better off than the USA. Socialism just happens to be a dirty word in American culture. Here's one example of socialism in western culture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_health_care https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_health_care It's not all-or-nothing.

mfoy_ 11y ago
I like Canada. Social Capital is a good balance between capitalism and socialism.
- rhapsodic 11y ago
  I like Canada too. A relatively small population with a ridiculously huge amount of natural resources.
  - mfoy_ 11y ago
    The U.S. has a significantly higher GDP per capita than Canada.[1] The U.S. also has a significantly higher average wealth per citizen.[2] But if you look closely at the second source, you'll see that the U.S. actually has a REALLY low MEDIAN wealth per adult. This indicates a large inequality. The problem in the U.S. isn't that there isn't enough wealth to go around, it's that it's not going around. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)... [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_per_adult https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_pe...
mimo777 11y ago
_All_ of them benefit from NATO. Do you think its a coincidence that the United states spends as much as the next several--don't remember the count--countries, and that most of the successful socialist nato members have very little military expenditures as a percentage of GDP?http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2015/06/nato-members-defense-spending-two-charts/116008/ http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2015/06/nato-members-defe... Remember that the US has a much larger GDP than many of those countries on the list.

mfoy_ 11y ago

I like Canada. Social Capital is a good balance between capitalism and socialism.

rhapsodic 11y ago
I like Canada too. A relatively small population with a ridiculously huge amount of natural resources.
- mfoy_ 11y ago
  The U.S. has a significantly higher GDP per capita than Canada.[1] The U.S. also has a significantly higher average wealth per citizen.[2] But if you look closely at the second source, you'll see that the U.S. actually has a REALLY low MEDIAN wealth per adult. This indicates a large inequality. The problem in the U.S. isn't that there isn't enough wealth to go around, it's that it's not going around. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)... [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_per_adult https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_pe...

mimo777 11y ago

_All_ of them benefit from NATO. Do you think its a coincidence that the United states spends as much as the next several--don't remember the count--countries, and that most of the successful socialist nato members have very little military expenditures as a percentage of GDP?http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2015/06/nato-members-defense-spending-two-charts/116008/ http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2015/06/nato-members-defe... Remember that the US has a much larger GDP than many of those countries on the list.