What We Learned from a Year of Americans ‘Risking It’ Without Insurance

Re:What We Learned from a Year of Americans ‘Risking It’ Wit... by yakshaving_jgt on Saturday December 29, 2018 @03:10AM (#18782591)

Catching a cold is not a direct consequence of being cold.

An orange is not necessarily orange.

A government with social programs is not the definition of Socialism.

Socialism is two things:

- No profit

- No private property

The consequence in 100% of historic attempts has been immense suffering. More than even the Nazis could deal out.

It’s not propaganda. Open a history book.

Regards,

A left-wing liberal who’s ancestors suffered first under Nazi occupation, and then under Communism — which is the goal of Socialism.

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Re:What We Learned from a Year of Americans ‘Risking It’ Wit... by josho on Saturday December 29, 2018 @01:44PM (#18785037)

> It’s not propaganda. Open a history book.

I've read about South & Central America's attempts to move towards the left and how after each attempt the US responded by spending millions to bring down legitimate democratic movements, or even worse installed devastating puppet right wing regimes with chilling affects that we still see today.

Regardless, my point was simply that the fear mongering against socialism bled into a fear of social welfare programs in general. If you took my comment as advocating for changing the US to socialism then I was unclear with my intent.

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