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Just because you have some insurance your state isn't a socialist state. Socialism would actually mean poverty for everyone. I think even in the US people pay
by facepalm 10y ago
Just because you have some insurance your state isn't a socialist state. Socialism would actually mean poverty for everyone.
I think even in the US people pay taxes and the government buys things from that which are supposed to help everybody (like, say, roads). Ooops - I guess you already live in a socialist state.
Why is it OK to build roads with tax money, but not to provide social insurance?
In the end, society pays either way for people who have fallen on hard times: either they pay for welfare, or they pay indirectly by having to deal with the inconvenience they cause (like, as I have heard, human turds on SF streets).