“Socialism destroyed my home”.

[Raoul_Luke]

Yes, I was a child under specific social circumstances that you are pretending are universal. If it is individual creeps and not the way a society is set up that make it oppressive, logically you cannot blame socialism for the individual failures of certain socialist countries (any more than you could blame capitalism for its centuries-long record of horrific failure); I don’t buy that premise though.

Of course not! Where did I ever do that? All I am suggesting here is that the system that best mitigates the failures of humankind is capitalism.

 

[Raoul_Luke]

I always do.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article204732234.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_citizens_granted_political_asylum_in_Cuba


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/amp/10-things-to-know-about-Cuba-s-special-6628153.php

So some elderly cubans want to return home to be with family and that proves cuba is better than america? As if...

 

[Raoul_Luke]

Not really. Chavez was a lot like Trump ... a populist elected on the promise he would take on an entrenched political elite.

Except for the whole socialism thing...

 

[redtide]

It is literally impossible for capitalism to work unless the majority get low wages. Low wages are the foundation of capitalism.

maybe you should stay away from those five dollar words until you get a better understanding of the English language comrade. Your use of "literally and of majority" are not being used in such a way as to make sense

 

[EatTheRich]

Of course not! Where did I ever do that? All I am suggesting here is that the system that best mitigates the failures of humankind is capitalism.

Yet it has led to the worst horrors in history.

 

[EatTheRich]

So some elderly cubans want to return home to be with family and that proves cuba is better than america? As if...

Lol. They want to go back because they have found that the reality of the U.S. isn’t what Radio Free Havana led them to believe.

 

[Raoul_Luke]

Lol. They want to go back because they have found that the reality of the U.S. isn’t what Radio Free Havana led them to believe.

That's not what the ones quoted said.

 

[Raoul_Luke]

Yet it has led to the worst horrors in history.

You mean like people becoming rich?

 

[redtide]

You mean like people becoming rich?

perhaps he is referring to the technological advances that feed the world, cure illness and provide the highest standard of living in history.

 

[JuliefromOhio]

It always does. What’s stunning to me is how it’s possible that anyone with a brain could even THINK differently.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/venezuelan-who-escaped-socialist-nightmare-slams-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal

Trump wants socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest of us.

When he was in business, Trump perfected the art of using bankruptcy to shield himself from the consequences of bad decisions — socialism for the rich at its worst — while leaving employees twisting in the wind.

https://www.salon.com/2019/02/13/trump-wants-socialism-for-the-rich-harsh-capitalism-for-the-rest_partner/

 

[redtide]

Trump wants socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest of us.

https://www.salon.com/2019/02/13/trump-wants-socialism-for-the-rich-harsh-capitalism-for-the-rest_partner/

so being permitted to keep more of what we earn is socialism? Does the liberal dictionary update every 5 minutes?

 

[JuliefromOhio]

so being permitted to keep more of what we earn is socialism? Does the liberal dictionary update every 5 minutes?

When he was in business, Trump perfected the art of using bankruptcy to shield himself from the consequences of bad decisions — socialism for the rich at its worst — while leaving employees twisting in the wind.

 

[redtide]

When he was in business, Trump perfected the art of using bankruptcy to shield himself from the consequences of bad decisions — socialism for the rich at its worst — while leaving employees twisting in the wind.

so another moving definition I see. your Obama gave billions of our money to a twice failed auto manufacturer.
And you do realize that the bankruptcy laws were in place long before he was in office don't you?

 

[JuliefromOhio]

so another moving definition I see. your Obama gave billions of our money to a twice failed auto manufacturer.
And you do realize that the bankruptcy laws were in place long before he was in office don't you?

Thanks for helping me make my point.
Socialism for the wealthy, harsh capitalism for the rest of us.

 

[redtide]

Thanks for helping me make my point.
Socialism for the wealthy, harsh capitalism for the rest of us.

socialism is for the ruling class and is used to control the ignorant masses like religion is. So why do you want the likes of those wackjobs in DC deciding how much bread you get?

 

[EatTheRich]

You mean like people becoming rich?

What made it possible for a few people to become rich were things like the Native American genocide, two world wars, Great Depression, etc.

 

[EatTheRich]

perhaps he is referring to the technological advances that feed the world, cure illness and provide the highest standard of living in history.

Capitalism has become an obstacle to further technological progress, which is why cutting-edge technology today is almost always developed via state investment and often in socialist countries. The standard of living is declining, and socialist countries have a better record of actually feeding their populace and curing illnesses.

 

[EatTheRich]

socialism is for the ruling class and is used to control the ignorant masses like religion is. So why do you want the likes of those wackjobs in DC deciding how much bread you get?

That isn’t socialism. Socialism is workers smashing the state and becoming the ruling class.

 

[redtide]

That isn’t socialism. Socialism is workers smashing the state and becoming the ruling class.

name one place where your sick and misguided definition of socialism exists. So foolish and ill

 

[redtide]

Capitalism has become an obstacle to further technological progress, which is why cutting-edge technology today is almost always developed via state investment and often in socialist countries. The standard of living is declining, and socialist countries have a better record of actually feeding their populace and curing illnesses.

only in LaLa land but the real world does not live there