Free Thinker said:
As far as the media is concerned, democracy vs socialism refers to loose government control vs strict government control. That's what the media is trying to say in their own screwed up language.
It is the simple attempt to make socialism seem the opposite of democracy.
Trajan Octavian Titus said:
No actually the facts implicate Mexico, they attacked our soldiers first after all, Mexican forces moved over the rio grande to attack one of our forts if you really want to get technical. But it really doesn't matter due to American exceptionalism which I am a firm believer in. The Mexican tyrants should have left the Republic of Texas alone . . . nuff said.
If you want to get "technical" Mexico owned all that land, and was
not crossing their border at the Rio Grande, anymore than a US citizen does when they cross the Mississippi.
Texans were
Mexican citizens and when the catholic Mexicans told them to stop having slaves they rebelled. Almost exactly like the secession of the Southern states years later, only not as long winded. Texas won, and were their own republic for a while, and later became a state.
Dude the very basic premise of Marx's Communist Manifesto is that Socialism is a better economic system than Capitalism and the two can not coexist or intermingle
Socialism is not Marxism.
Comrade Brian said:
because the only economic system which is condusive to liberty is Capitalism
Isn't that more like a personal opinion?
Assuming by
capitalism he means
modified capitalism (capitalism-socialism hybrid), then his opinion would be supported by historical fact.'
Comrade Brian said:
If you don't know who Locke is or understand his philosophy then you have no idea what the U.S. is founded on.
You're assuming I care what philosophy the US Constitution was based upon.
Then you would be ignoring the longest lasting nation defining document.
Comrade Brian said:
Why do you cling so strongly to the ideology of a discredited philosopher (Marx)
I don't care what other people think of him. If you don't like him, then that's your opinion.
History doesn't like him either.
Comrade Brian said:
No one is proven to be successful.
We can see what has worked in the past.
Ivan The Terrible said:
The United States has never been a true capitalist society! How did we see it fail?
This garbage about the US not capitalist belongs in the Conspiracy Theory Forum.
The US is not capitalist. The fact that the US has taxes makes it most definitely
not pure capitalism.
The government traditionally tries to break up monopolies such as in electric utilities.
Farming, trucking, and airlines are very regulated by the government.
The Food and Drug Administration, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency are all government organizations that regulate business a lot.
The government controls the postal service, the armed forces, police, fire, and many other services which the people use.
Social security? Medicaid and medicare?
Comrade Brian, saying that the US is capitalist belongs in the Conspiracy Theory Forum.
fooligan said:
Socialism is a threat to any democracy because socialist governments are inherently iron-fisted when it comes to freedom. I.E. you have none.
Another misunderstanding.
Falangist said:
As for myself, my economic theory is largely national syndicalist, so I tend to be anti-socialist and anti-capitalist at the same time. I just don't think either is the answer.
I would agree.
Trajan Octavian Titus said:
IE the majority of Indians were killed by disease accidently it was not intentional
Around 90% of the Native American Population was already dead from Spanish disease and warfare, before Jamestown or Plymouth were even ideas.
Falangist said:
As for myself, my economic theory is largely national syndicalist, so I tend to be anti-socialist and anti-capitalist at the same time. I just don't think either is the answer.
So you're a fascist.
That doesn't make sense. Realizing that both systems put into their purest forms fail is far from fascism.