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So the US is what? Communist? Capitalism, socialism, communist... none of that matters when national interests (of the elite) are at play.
by gtirloni 12y ago
So the US is what? Communist? Capitalism, socialism, communist... none of that matters when national interests (of the elite) are at play.
- adventured 12y agoThe US is a very large, highly regulated, highly taxed welfare state, in which the total government system spends roughly 40% of the economy (that's about as far from the structure of spending that a Capitalist government would have as you can get). It hasn't been a Capitalist nation in a very long time. 30 or 40 years ago, it might have been a mixed economy. Regulations and the breadth of taxes have grown substantially since the early 1970s.
- exo762 12y ago“That's libertarians for you — anarchists who want police protection from their slaves.” :)