RB maybe he's an American and with Obama's economic policies he doesn't have a day job.
For Halloween, I took candy from children and gave it to others whose bags didn't look like they were getting an even playing field. A lot of fun and cheap Halloween for me, but there was a lesson to be learned, redistribution of candy sure pissed the little kiddies off. Wait until they get older and the candy turns to dollars.
For all the moron Americans who dont know the difference betwwen Socialism and a dictatorship then I will clarify it.
Dictatorship is when the country is run by a key figure supported by an elite inner circle. This was East Germany. Nothing Socialist about it. There is no choice by the people in who partakes in the inner circle or who runs the country.
Socialism is where the Government provides a large or significant part of the means of production ans services. There are a number of these countries and they have democratically elected governments. From an American perspective half of Europe can be classed as socialist.
In fact some of the most socialist (the Scandinavian counties) recently were categorised in 5 of the top 6 positions of best places to live ranked by economy, lifestyle and personal freedom. Not too many running away from there.
I had to laugh when I read one idiot conservative polition running for President of the USA claiming that Communism had been beaten oblivious to the fact that the largest trading partner of the US is communist, that the US is now in hock to this country for a couple of trillion dollars and in the next 5 - 10 years will be the largest economy in the world.
With 2% of the population in prison, rampant corporate greed and fraud causing the worst financial collapse for 80 years and widespread poverty I dont think Americans can take a holier than thou view on others political and social systems.
Stalin and his brand of Marx socialist theory forced collectivization was enforced upon the population of Ukraine in 1932 33.Result Five million dead ukranians , all the result of Marx socialist plans.
anyway the point is moot. in a couple of years we will have public health care. the only thing left at that point, to be completely socialist, is to award single mothers who continue to have children out of wedlock, and finally to enact laws making it impossible to fire an incompetent worker. woohoo!
I think Gemini Dreams ought to take a look at the definition of Moron since you don't know what caused the economic collapse. Also you would be the last to educate anyone on socialism. Please clariy for this moron here what caused the collapse? Let's see how much you really know or if you can classify yourself as a moron? I'll give you a hint, it wasn't corporate greed but Policy of one administration with the pinnings of socialism as their backdrop. Nice try Gemini, I'm waiting for you education on this matter.
Signed
Moron American.
Gecko don't believe it for a second. The tide is rising.
Gecko my point is not about the good or bad of Socialism. I think the Goverment is good at providing some services but not good at all in production of goods.
The point is East Germany was not Socialist, it was a dictatorship where the government controlled everything for the purpose of controlling the population, not for the benefit of the population.
The use of East Germany to comment on the good or bad of Socialism or communism is like using Zimbabwe as a commentary on the success of capitalism. Worst inflation ever seen, trillion dollar notes, economic refugees, no goods in shops a complete breakdown of society. See how bad capitalism was for Zimbabwe! Maybe it is the dicatorship not the system that is the problem there!
The problem many Americans have is the inability to differentiate between wealth and well being. You dont need to be rich to be happy! Not every country wants to follow the US model of government or capitalism and its not wrong to do so. As said above there are quite a few socialist style governments ranked significantly higher than the US as better places to live.
Take politics out of it and it comes down to one common denominator Money and control of the masses. For example the Petrol crisis in the UK about 5 or so years ago here in the UK. The public had the government rocking because of a blockade on fuel depots because of the price of fuel here. Blair went public and said we hear what you are saying but you could harm the country if you do not let the tankers through, his proposal was we will call in the Army and use force if we have too, so is that the action of a government that cares,no it is not it is the action of a government that has to have control of the masses and will do anything to keep that control. So my thought is in the west we have an i am alright jack attitude and thats what the government want. I think that Nostradamas prediction is fairly accaurate and that is total anarchy from the colapse of western economys
Chinese and Russian cultures are older than European cultures you could say that maybe communism is a great theory but is let down by the human desire for power and the ultimate greed of man. As for revolution Hitler started one his problem was he was a lunatic as was Stalin, just goes to show how the masses have a tendancy to follow the lead of their governments and not generaly for the right reasons but for what they perceive to be right. I always say 2 things and it is a fact, if it was not for Hitler we would all be speaking Russian and thanks to the Americans we all have our freedom in europe. As for poitical ideals i would say that western ideals are more likely to deliver freedom of speach and higher living and medical standards but at the cost to the environment and the security of the whole planet with regards to a lack of understanding of other cultures. Technology has changed the world but the human being still has the desire for wealth and control over everything. Einstein said world war 4 will be thought with sticks and stones and that may not be too far away.
What I don't understand from some members of this forums is that if a man wants get married to a girl, than why are people against that? What do you think someone will go to another country to socialize only, isn't the ultimate goal to get married? Really to get laid in another country, might as well go to a hooker in States, cheaper!!!
Nas Im glad you picked up on the moron Americans as the non moron Americans obviously got the point.
You should really stick to you job here of being Dannys spell checker as it seems that is the only thing you can contribute to.
To go through the complete causes of the meltdown would take me more time than it is worth for me to devote. Suggest you go down to your local university and do a course if they would let you in.
Suffice to say if it was government involvement it would be government building and supplying houses or proiding the loans. They did neither though one could argue that the loan guarantees of Freddie Mac and Fanny Mae had implicit government guarantees.
The problem was a loose money supply from the Greenspan era causing asset inflation in conjunction with banks taking on bad loans to poor risk customers because they could onsell these loans packaged as securitised debt, transferring the risk to less sophisticated lenders. Banks generate most of their income from fees these days rather than interest rate spreads so they get fees on the writing then sale of the loans, encouraging them to write more loans at any cost.
All looks good until the asset price inflation stops and reverses by wasting lots of money on a futile war, getting screwed on oil prices and the Fed tightening money supply all at the same time. The defaulting assets cant be sold to cover the cost of the loans, speculators cant exit their positions, lenders reevaluate their risk profiles, credit stops banking system fails.
DCV I will let in in on something that isnt a secret. Zimbabwe is not a Marxist regime. The state did not nationalise industry or operate industry. If you dont know what Africa is like then I will tell you they provided bugger all in terms of social services as well.
Mugabe for a while was quite progressive in encouraging industry for a while after he took power. I know a couple of people involved in mining construction projects and a guy who had a share in a foundry there (no government involvement, all private investment). Basically he got power hungry and kicked Nkomo out of the power sharing deal and caved in to factions in his support group who wanted to get wealthy quickly. Groups took over the white owned farms that had operated well under the new regime, the goverment refused to support the rule of law, investment collapsed the currency devalued, those whites who could leave left with as many assets as they could carry and as a result economy collapses.
Basically your perspective is that all countries outside of the US are Socialist. You still are ignoring the fact that the biggest socialist country of them all is now producing a large portion of your consumer goods, is keeping your financial system afloat grew at 8% in the last quarter and is on track to surpass you as the worlds largest economy in the next few years.
Hmmm where are you going wrong? Better invade them and put a stop to this nonsense while you can!
I do not think the white people you mention in Zimbabwe see it as a "progressive". They were slaughtered and their Farms taken away from them. Just exactly as stalin(another Marxist Socialist) did to ukraine in 1932-"forced collectivization" .
The only reson that Zimbabwe is trying to get back off the floor now is because gullible white administrators from the E.U in Belgium have pumped money back into the Zimbabwe economy.
I know quite a lot about American mentality my grandfather was American and my father is a result of WW2 and the rest is history. At the end of the day USA have turned into a world bully they won the war but when they start to lose the peace they start getting nasty and flexing their military muscle. The 2nd gulf war is a prime example. That war was planned long before 911 and long before things like weapons of mass destruction were even on the agenda. The reason US forces are in europe is 2 fold protection by involvement in NATO and mainly they are within easy striking distance of the middle east where all the oil is. Howether regardless of the US bully boy mentality i would rather have them looking after my interests any day because at the end of the day how many germans french and other nationalities send their boys off to war for the protection of their own way of life in this day and age. The UK and the USA stand alone in this world when it comes down to it and i would rather have our way of life over what a vast amount of countries have to offer.
Gemini seems to me you know little about the banking situation. The Major banks were held by political gunpoint by the Clinton Administration and forced into these bad loans. Then you need to look at the the principals who were in charge of Freddie and Fannie both past Clinton Administration personnel. Who reaped millions themselves but were never prosecuted or even charged. They were told by the administration if they didn't step in line they would be hounded by the Feds, a tactic used by the administration against their enemies.
Sorry Moron since I've already done my university studies Majoring in Political Science emphasis on Soviet Study and Marxist Theory and Minored in Economics, maybe you should go back to grade school, you wouldn't be smart enough to get into IU.
As for the great scandinavian countrys They don't have the population or the GDP of California. It's idiots like you that embrace socialism and that experiment has failed every where it's been tried. Wealth is not well being, but wealth redistribution is a fraud. Even comminust countrys couldn't compete unless they advocated some sort of capitalism. After Reagans tax cuts charitable contributions rose exponentially. Revenues to the fed almost quadrupled, it was idiot socialists that brought the problem of one of the most vibrant economic times in our history. Greed didn't destroy it socialism tried to. Bill Gates has created more millionares than any single person in the last 100 years
but idiot socialists from the US and Europe will attack him for anything they can. You socialists can't stand seeing someone succeed to the level of Gates. I love it and what he does has very little to do with my life or income. Though he has been involved in the creation of more productivity than any individual since Henry Ford.
Simple forumula socialism+wealth redistributions= despotism. Elected governments can become tyrannical even the wonderful one's in Scandanavia. You keep your socialism on your side of the pond we don't want, don't need it and it's not what our republic was founded on. If you feel to need to contribute to people who want to milk a system write them a check. It's a free world buddy.
Most Americans don't want to be involved with or follow Europes lead. We've seen your history and were involved in two of your wars. Don't even try to compare Americans blood on their hands with what Europe has been involved in because it's almost 10 to 1 Europe. Most true conservative Americans don't want to export our Republican government to anyone, we leave that to the Neocons, If you would like me to define Neocons for Morons like you, they were former Trotskyites who got booted from a more conservative democratic party slithered their way into the Republican party and it's been an internal fight with these frauds for the last 60 years.
We are not an Empire nor do we want to be or Imperialists, at least real Americans aren't. You will see that change starting in the next decade. The political landscape is changing and I will have to give Obama that, he has awakened, as Admiral Yamamoto said a sleeping giant. The Real Americans.