RightatNYU said:
How are they dominating you? Did Bill Gates come down to your house recently and tell you what to do? No. Honestly, I'm going to be that the richest people in this country couldn't care less what you do.
And how do you figure that you will give "more power to the working class?" No matter what, in any economic structure, people will have to make decisions that will affect peoples lives negatively. People will be fired, people will be payed a low wage, etc. And no matter what, people like you will bitch. I'm frankly not excited to change the system just so you can continue to complain.
How are the rich dominating us? Hmmm, well let's see: they consistently fund the campaigns of the two parties that treat them the best. I live in a poor family that can't afford health insurance. Why don't we have a national healthcare system? You need only to turn to to your beloved rich who lobby against it, and the Republican party which carries out their demands. I doesn't affect me personally, yet. I'm still a student in high school, though, and I look at the world I will soon enter and I don't like it. I feel that the goal of democracy is to help the majority of people, help the most possible. Capitalism does not do this, and for you to think that it does is an excellent example of the propaganda you are served daily on American news stations. We in America live well now, this no one is disputing. But continue on the path we are on, and we'll privatize SS, resulting in a higher percentage of the elderly in poverty, and we may even see minimum wage abolished. We, as a people, have not only given ourselves to the richest people, by letting them control what we see, and who leads us, but have also subjected the less fortunate majority of the world to their relentless greed and thirst for profit. I, for one, care about the mass poverty in the larger part of the world, and am willling to fight against the system that causes these injustices. Capitalism is meant to be a system of choice, where anyone can rise, but this is only true in the rich global north, and here only partially, as we are obviously not equal at birth, so we therefore don't all have an equal chance of getting rich. But, in most of the world, poor families, largely as a result of this system you so admire, have no chance of avoiding their unhappy circumstances. I am not, contrary to your belief, trying to take away your easy living, rather I am trying to give this living to the rest of the world. If you so oppose helping the people of this world escape the chains of capitalism, so be it, but I wish to help them.
How and why would I still complain? I'm pretty sure the only ones complaining in socialism would be the formerly sickening rich execs of capitalism, as they would see their salary lower slightly. But the majority would see their lives improve, as their salaries would raise. I am, however, impressed that you seemingly know everything about me! So tell me, what do you know about me that even I do not! How will it give more power to the working class? Well, this isn't hard, let's just think here. The majority of a population in any country in the world is its workers. If we democratize the economy, who will benefit most? The majority. Ah, now we see. That wasn't so hard was it? Your conclusion that I will continue to bitch, however, is entirely wrong. It seems to me that you, and the other supporters of the system that helps the minority, will be the ones bitching!