Why must Americans subscribe to the socialist order to pursue their happiness and opportunity?

[jamie s]

Socialism allows more of the common people to live a better life since there is little or no competition for goods and services. Everyone goes to work and makes the same amount of money. Free Market only allows some people to live a good life and to obtain more of the goods and services. The emphasis is put on competition where you have to prove yourself through education and effort. However, it doesn't really work that way. Look at the job market. College graduates as well as the high school graduates are struggling to get good jobs. If this was a socialistic society, we would all be working and making enough money to live on. There are a lot of high school dropouts who can perform jobs better than a lot of college grads. However, since the college grad has a paper that says he took so many hours of courses, he is considered more qualified than someone who actually has the talent or ability to do the job. Now, there are some jobs that require more education such as medicine, engineering, and legal areas, however, they don't really require the massive amounts of education that most universities require. In Russia, you only need to attend a medical school for 4 years to become a doctor and this is based on whether you have the talent for it,not a degree. Here in the U.S.A. you have to attend college for a 1st degree and then apply to medical school. You also have to serve a residency for a number of years afterwards. The society in the USA demands too much for the return that an individual can ever get back..