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Ideologies are just that: ideologies. No implementation of the ideology gets close to what the ideology tries to be. Socialized health care isn't communism. It

Ideologies are just that: ideologies. No implementation of the ideology gets close to what the ideology tries to be. Socialized health care isn't communism. It's just admitting that the "free market" isn't a magic panacea that automatically makes everything work. (Kind of like how most of us get our water from the government, or how we get our protection from our government-run military.) Equating socialized healthcare with communism is a poor argument: Canada, Australia, and the UK have socialized health care, and those countries are very capitalist. If you don't like socialized health care, I suggest looking at how those countries operate and build your arguments based on observed facts of those systems' weaknesses.

cat_plus_plus 3y ago
US implementation of individual freedom is pretty close to what individual freedom ideology tries to be, so long as you understand individual freedom as others not interfering with your life as opposed to others being forced to help you. Even if your hot topic is guns or abortion, you may want to check the laws around Europe compared to laws in whatever is your favorite US state where you are free to move to anytime.
- gwbas1c 3y ago
  > US implementation of individual freedom is pretty close to what individual freedom ideology tries to be I'll agree with that statement when I can practice my religion where I believe that psychedelics are a sacrament! > being forced to help you I pay taxes and registered for the draft when I turned 18. That argument doesn't fly. I think you are justifying being greedy under the guise of "freedom."