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>>I had the unchecked belief that China claiming to be a communist country would be covering medical costs. This is the problem with socialist, they believe t

by syshum 7y ago

>>I had the unchecked belief that China claiming to be a communist country would be covering medical costs. This is the problem with socialist, they believe the government is always the good guy, and entrust it to provide for everyone. We capitalist know that government in all cases the worst solution to any problem

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tsimionescu 7y ago
Yes, that's why capitalists drive on private roads only, and go to private courts when they get in trouble with private police forces. They also honk to honor their private armies and thank them for their service. The private fire service is of course a pillar of most capitalist communities as well.
- mullingitover 7y ago
  ...And we're writing about this on an internet that was developed by privately funded defense researchers and private universities. You can use this internet to get driving directions via privately funded geolocation satellites.
  - tsimionescu 7y ago
    No, the internet originally was funded almost exclusively by public money (US military and CERN being some of the biggest contributors), and there is basically no such thing as "privately funded defense researchers" - almost by definition, defense research is funded by public money, or at least by private investors looking to get their money back by selling to the state. Universities also tend to do research funded by outside grants, which in the early days of computer technology were, again, almost exclusively public US military budgets. GPS is a public utility, as are GLONASS and Galileo, so I'm not even sure what "privately funded geolocation satellites" you are talking about. Regardless, your claim was a universal (the state is worse at providing ALL services) so showing some services which the state is much better at providing is enough to prove you were wrong.
    - glogla 7y ago
      I think GP was being sarcastic.
      - tsimionescu 7y ago
        Oops, you may be right...
        mullingitover 7y ago
        My bad, forgot the /s closing sarcasm tag
jbay808 7y ago
In all cases the worst solution to any problem? That's not capitalism, that's anarchism my friend.
netsharc 7y ago
People and their fucking obsessions with isms. "China has socialism! Bernie wants socialism, we're going to end up like China!". Or... "The zi in Nazi is socialism. Bernie is a Nazi!". Grow a fucking brain, just because 2 people are named Brian it doesn't mean they're clones of each other who think and act the same. Compare the actual policies and not just the fucking label...
dang 7y ago
Please stop taking HN threads on generic ideological tangents. It's tedious, explicitly not what this site is for, and we've already had to ask you this repeatedly. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

by syshum 7y ago

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tsimionescu 7y ago

Yes, that's why capitalists drive on private roads only, and go to private courts when they get in trouble with private police forces. They also honk to honor their private armies and thank them for their service. The private fire service is of course a pillar of most capitalist communities as well.

mullingitover 7y ago
...And we're writing about this on an internet that was developed by privately funded defense researchers and private universities. You can use this internet to get driving directions via privately funded geolocation satellites.
- tsimionescu 7y ago
  No, the internet originally was funded almost exclusively by public money (US military and CERN being some of the biggest contributors), and there is basically no such thing as "privately funded defense researchers" - almost by definition, defense research is funded by public money, or at least by private investors looking to get their money back by selling to the state. Universities also tend to do research funded by outside grants, which in the early days of computer technology were, again, almost exclusively public US military budgets. GPS is a public utility, as are GLONASS and Galileo, so I'm not even sure what "privately funded geolocation satellites" you are talking about. Regardless, your claim was a universal (the state is worse at providing ALL services) so showing some services which the state is much better at providing is enough to prove you were wrong.
  - glogla 7y ago
    I think GP was being sarcastic.
    - tsimionescu 7y ago
      Oops, you may be right...
      - mullingitover 7y ago
        My bad, forgot the /s closing sarcasm tag

jbay808 7y ago

In all cases the worst solution to any problem? That's not capitalism, that's anarchism my friend.

netsharc 7y ago

People and their fucking obsessions with isms. "China has socialism! Bernie wants socialism, we're going to end up like China!". Or... "The zi in Nazi is socialism. Bernie is a Nazi!". Grow a fucking brain, just because 2 people are named Brian it doesn't mean they're clones of each other who think and act the same. Compare the actual policies and not just the fucking label...

dang 7y ago

Please stop taking HN threads on generic ideological tangents. It's tedious, explicitly not what this site is for, and we've already had to ask you this repeatedly. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html