Why do people despise social democracies so much?

[davidgardner32]

Sounds good, but rather hard to actually put into practice.
A few problems:
1. Would love to see "muli-party" elections, but elected officials become so addicted to holding power that they do everything they can to limit competition as much as possible.
2. Excellent plan, but...as always...the devil is in the details. Exactly WHAT is going to be private enterprise, and what is going to be government-run?
3. Again, a nice plan...but awfully expensive, and you have to define who's eligible? Everybody, even people who have never worked, never paid in, etc?
4. Exactly...but there must be a balance between the rights of corporations and the rights of workers. Everything the workers want is not necessarily selfish, and everything the corporations want is not automatically unfair.
5. True, but again...we need absolute and fair research (conducted WITHOUT predetermined goals in mind) to know what is best. The same people arguing about global warming today are the same ones who were predicting coming ice-ages in the early 1980's.
6. Agreed, though again...devil in the details. What's the most anyone should ever have to pay (personally, I think no one should ever have to pay more the 25% of their total income)...and who should get a free ride? (Currently, 48% of the workers pay absolutely nothing.) I actually think a national sales tax is best...that way the people who spend the most (aka the rich) end up PAYING the most.
7. Depends on exactly WHAT your notion of "socially progressive" policy is, of course.
8. Granted, but the RIGHT kind of immigration...aka "LEGAL". Also, multiculturalism is a good thing, usually...but as un-PC as it is to state, some cultures are inferior to others and do not DESERVE promotion or accomodation. Should religious fundamentalists (of ANY religion) be allowed to treat women like cattle, or kill their daughters because they DARE to have conversation with male friends?
9. Indeed...any country that prohibits the importations of our goods should not be allowed to export THEIR goods into this country.
10. Agreed, but as wonderful as democracy is, it is not worth the life of a single U.S. soldier or a single nickel of taxpayer dollars to try and impose it on a country that has never had it and does not act like it wants it.
11. Yes...we're all travelers on Planet Earth. Though some things should NOT be tolerated.
12. Agreed, but again...that means PURE social justice, human rights, civil rights, etc. In some situations, "justice" means that people suffer from their own actions, and "civil rights" must be equal for ALL...not just based on preferences so that "the numbers work".