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Perhaps young people in the US, UK, and Canada understand that elites will only settle for “a simple European-style welfare state with universal healthcare” wit
by bugglebeetle 4y ago
Perhaps young people in the US, UK, and Canada understand that elites will only settle for “a simple European-style welfare state with universal healthcare” with the explicit threat of Communism? Historically, that seems to have been the case.
- oriolid 4y agoI think the process goes something like this: Conservative parent/teacher/etc: "So you want free education and healthcare for everyone, are you some kind of communist or what?" Young person, after reading the philosophy textbook chapter about Marx and ignoring a lot of history: "I guess I am one then"
- int_19h 4y agoWhy would young people from UK and Canada think that, given that they already have a European-style welfare state with universal healthcare? Canada actually pushes it further than most of Europe with their single-payer healthcare system that effectively prohibits private coverage for things covered by the public system. Canadians of all people also ought to remember how they got their system, which was by voting[1] for parties that supported it in elections. It had basically nothing to do with threat of communism. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Saskatchewan_general_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Saskatchewan_general_elec...