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So much for the US being considered right wing. US residential mortgages represent one of the largest examples of socialism in action anywhere with nary a compl
by bradleyjg 5y ago
So much for the US being considered right wing. US residential mortgages represent one of the largest examples of socialism in action anywhere with nary a complaint from either US party.
- nickpp 5y agoDon't forget the US Health Care and Education too. Three domains people love to point to as failures of capitalism while they actually are examples of how government intervention can mess with the free market to the expected results.
- titzer 5y agoMust be me, but I missed the part of socialism that includes an impossible debt burden to private banks and a massive housing market bubble.
- helen___keller 5y agoSocialism with American characteristics
- long_time_gone 5y agoThe same system we've been calling "capitalism" for 200 years?
- redisman 5y agoBoth parties have figured out that printing money is more popular and way politically easier in the short term than any responsible policy
- opportune 5y agoSocialism is when people take out loans to purchase private property