Glen Contrarian
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Ah. That title should make a few conservative heads explode.
But the very rules that conservatives say are the cures for all that economically ails us - the almighty Market - prove that socialized democracy is the very best economic system in the world today. Why? Because the market - like evolution - allows that the system that is the strongest and most adaptable is the system that will be the most successful...and what are the most successful systems today? All one need do is to look at what nations are part of the economic First World - they're all socialized democracies, except for a couple (hideously oil-rich) OPEC nations.
And here's the key point: if socialized democracy - with the social safety nets that libertarians decry - are so bad, then the first-world community wouldn't be almost solely comprised of socialized democracies. Even with the Great Recession, the socialized democracies of the world are still on top. Conversely, there's quite a few nations out there that essentially work on libertarian principles: weak government, low taxes (in practice if not on paper), and little or no regulation. And you know what? Every single one of those nations are third-world nations.
So that begs the question: If socialized democracy is SO bad, then why are we still on top after eighty years? And if libertarian small-government/low-tax/little-regulation economics are so good, then why are they all still third-world nations?
But the very rules that conservatives say are the cures for all that economically ails us - the almighty Market - prove that socialized democracy is the very best economic system in the world today. Why? Because the market - like evolution - allows that the system that is the strongest and most adaptable is the system that will be the most successful...and what are the most successful systems today? All one need do is to look at what nations are part of the economic First World - they're all socialized democracies, except for a couple (hideously oil-rich) OPEC nations.
And here's the key point: if socialized democracy - with the social safety nets that libertarians decry - are so bad, then the first-world community wouldn't be almost solely comprised of socialized democracies. Even with the Great Recession, the socialized democracies of the world are still on top. Conversely, there's quite a few nations out there that essentially work on libertarian principles: weak government, low taxes (in practice if not on paper), and little or no regulation. And you know what? Every single one of those nations are third-world nations.
So that begs the question: If socialized democracy is SO bad, then why are we still on top after eighty years? And if libertarian small-government/low-tax/little-regulation economics are so good, then why are they all still third-world nations?