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- TONIA B - 11-27-2012 06:39 AM
You should already be used to it; so what's your point...???
- Iceman - 11-27-2012 06:39 AM
Socialism doesn't work ether it nearly bankrupt France ( you know them the annoying people just over the ENGLISH CHANNEL )...
What about Russia communism failed as well ??? the only thing that has stood the test of time is good old fashioned CAPITALISM..
- The Golden Buffalo - 11-27-2012 06:39 AM
look at that they stop oppressing something and arresting people for it and it starts to grow. so many different words and so many different meaning, we don't even agree on thier definitions. go ask some gun clinging midwestern bible thumper what it means and they think it has something to do with executive civics but i'm not entirely sure.
- quietWorld327 - 11-27-2012 06:39 AM
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
workers revolt, job for every one, bussiness run for the people not for money, free healthcare, free education, everyone equal, a new great idol of soviet power fot the 21st centuary. okay the last one goes abit far but you get what i mean it could be great if done properly
- Arrogantfog675 - 11-27-2012 06:39 AM
Yes, (See Obama)
- glade90 - 11-27-2012 06:39 AM
Yes. But not completely....I think we are coming to the realisation that Capitalism facilitates greed which systematically widens the gap. New social programs will be needed to incentivise the best and brightest minds to the greater good...not Credit default derivatives and swaps...it will not be a rise up of the workers...but the government will play a stronger role in distributing resources...
- Richard_SM - 11-27-2012 06:39 AM
After the events of the last two months - you would think there would be a move to the left. Whilst this may happen, in previous economic recessions the extreme right wing have gained popularity as well.
Crime goes up. Unemployment goes up. People turn on immigrants, They see a right wing policy of tackling crime, and reducing immigration as the solution,
- Celia H - 11-27-2012 06:39 AM
Everywhere except the USA, they have existed for at least a century.
Everything you have said has been said before in Europe.
After WWII we put it into practice and made our countries fit places for the majority of the people to live in, for the first time in their history. Until the American-inspired and American-financed Lurch to the Right, Europe was probably the best part of the world to live in. Social Democratic Scandinavia still is.
One of the effects of this is that no-one here fears the cost of illness. Our NHS is as public as the police and fire brigade.
A huge 'Hear Hear' to your postscript. Neoliberal extreme capitalism is for 2% of the people. Socialism is for the other 98%.
Raise the Scarlet Standard high!
- Wolfie - 11-27-2012 06:39 AM
The growth of left-wing party's has been going on for quite a while. Organisations RESPECT in the UK, the MDC in Zimbabwe are just a couple of examples.
The anti-capitalist and anti-war movements have pulled many people together who share progressive values and created an environment for debate and unity. It's ordinary working people who have an interest in socialism.
The rich get richer through war, poverty, and exploitation and workers are expected to pay when economic crisis hits. Public services get cut while the wealthy still have their snouts in the trough. Radical change is needed and it's only the left that can bring these changes about.
- Ray.Returns - 11-27-2012 06:39 AM
We would not want normal working ''hugely'' now would we I find it had to believe you have ever been outside of your country
You can find Russian women working in whor# houses all over the world if you go to Cuba at night there are teenagers sitting outside of hotels trying to help feed their family Vietnam is a toilet If you don't think that is working hugely I don't know what is In your culture I would think you would have to work hugely to keep your father from getting wind of it
The only thing that well keep Mr Obama out of office is we are calling him a socialist Something that half of America have contempt of Must be some reason we are the most powerful nation in the world