Honestly FOX News might be the organization, which helped the term "socialism" the most in the US. When you call every good policy "socialist" then people wanting that will call themself that.
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And americans will tell you it's because they are better or different.
Gotta fund the military somehow, mirite?
I'm not even American, but what the fuck are you even talking about, no one's saying that
There are plenty who don't, but there are an unfortunately large number who do
They're stupid, indoctrinated, uneducated etc. but they're very real
I've had people from all over the world tell me that the US is the greatest country in the world,
They were all stupid, racist and had never been there
You dont know this but some Americans are profoundly stupid. By some I mean more then any body can manage.
So just because you dont ride in those circles, dont think for a moment american exceptionalism isnt some sort of self defeating pride that will soon have my country on its knees.
You dont know this but some Americans are profoundly stupid.
Isn't this the case basically everywhere? Is there a culture or country that doesn't have profoundly stupid people in it?
I mean, we take it very seriously, though. There I go with american exceptionalism again.
Also not American. You don't think there's a perception that American is the greatest country in the West? It comes off thick with a lot of topics even discussed on the fediverse. A good clip that I enjoy watching every now and then https://youtu.be/wTjMqda19wk
Everyone knows about the American exceptionalism, but it exists despite these horrid humanitarian conditions, not because.
No one's gonna say "yeah I'm happy with being forced to eat dirt, I'm superior to you, that's why!"
It's interesting that Japan is below the US in the main rankings. I feel more free here in almost every regard than I did as an adult in the US.
Economic freedom is not freedom in general. Hell you could even define economic freedom in different ways. Like freedom to let business do whatever they want or the freedom to not have to worry about needing to finance certain basic things. It is loose term and it very much depends on your values.
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Good, America sucks.
Does all this winning start to hurt eventually?
Is it starting to rash?
If so, it's the dems' fault!
scotus also reversed the ruling that potus can now fire at well on the 12 agencies, like cpbd, sec,,,,etc.
you can have both private a full public option. funny enough thats the military healthcare plan right now, but its not available to any of the civilians.
Yes, but the first one is not true.
Tired of calling what countries like Australia and Germany have as "universal healthcare".
It isn't. Simply isn't.
In the case of Australia most familiar with. It's a weird mix of public and private, with most medical costs covered under a private subsidy model, where your health service can change whatever, and you have to pay the gap between the Medicare rebate and what the services charges.
Doesn't cover dental, has a small rebate for physio and other allied health (again, private providers, public rebate) and covers a basic check up for eyes every 3 years only, but doesn't cover most optical.
The hospital system is also and absolute mess of a two-tiered system I won't get into here.
It's not fucking universal and I'm sick of people pretending like it is. It's just kilometres better than the USA, which is the lowest bar ever.
That's not at all how it works in Germany, though. Dental treatments are paid, as is medication. There is a surcharge for medication, which is capped at 10 Euros. And some dental options, which are not strictly necessary (debatable in many cases, I'll give you that!) are not included. Physio and optical costs are also included.
Some of the payments require a doctor's prescription in order to be accepted, but I would call that pretty fucking universal.
Dental treatments are paid
Nonsense. Dental treatments are slightly subsidised, but even with the subsidy are more expensive than paying outright in cash in France. They are only covered if you're, like, gonna die from a tooth infection or something, and then they'll remove it but not do anything about the missing tooth. The subsidy doesn't even fully cover simple fillings, which still cost more than 100€ even for shitty resin ones. Let alone a ceramic crown for a front tooth which is like 600-1000€. Why do you think everyone goes to Poland or Turkey when they need real dental care?
It's how they keep people under control. Keep them dumb, desperate and distracted. Now wonder the US has the best entertainment on the planet.
You want society to treat you like you belong to it?! You stupid fucks.
"Anyone who doesn't have to suffer is a slight against me because I had to suffer at some point!" Fucking assholes.
Guess what? I inherited money. It didn't make me stop advocating to help people or tax those with the most. These fuckers are inhuman.
But, honestly, we have to stop the socialist threat that will destroy our country because they want to feed people and that's UNAMERIKAN!
The tax system and healthcare system are genuinely fucked in the US. Both could be simplified greatly and benefit people, but those in the small handful of decision making power to do benefit from keeping it complex. The IRS is spineless, and private health insurance is disgusting.
I mean, there are reasons the tax system is as complicated as it is. A big part is that the government does not agree on what the system should do.
One half (ish) wants a progressive tax system that applies more tax burden the higher your income and wealth are, and uses a bunch of different taxes (of various levels of progressiveness and regressiveness) to do it.
One half thinks any tax on anyone other than the poor is a sin.
Hard to reconcile those two positions, but it's what got us here
Number one!
But I think the only and actual problem is education. The rest are just consequence. It's not for nothing than when the rest of the world thinks about an american, they see a fat dumbass bigot idiot. I know a lot of people are not like that, but it does not matter. As a country, this is how everybody sees you.
And for once, fix the root cause of the problem, not the symptoms.
I'd argue even with education, your defacto two party system still prevents true change/progress. Not sure if better education would be enough to change this.
a UNIPARTY, the gop and dinos are a coalition. not even a true 2 party system. DInos are allowed to throw people a bone once in a while so they dont form an uprising or take over the party
Moron. Go educate yourself. You're responsible for all the unnecessary evil and thousands of murders trump has brought upon this world.
The two party system worked for a long time because both sides were committed to the idea that a functional government was a good thing.
A multiple party system didn't save Germany from Fascists. When enough citizens decide their fellow citizens are the problem decent government becomes impossible.
I wouldn't say it worked. It was barely good enough while being quiet bad. Switzerland took usa's system and made it better, so much better. Anno 1848
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Europe doesn't have socialism. This list is not even close to good. Europe is like, behind what I want. I want socialism. I want to nationalize big tech. Europe wants no part in nationalizing their tech. I don't want mandatory PTO, I want a union and representation and a funded pension. I want publicly ran and funded groceries and hospitals, not just universal health insurance. I'm a former libertarian and I want these things btw. It's not hard to convince a libertarian to be socialist. Europe is too capitalist for me.
Also 'developed' and 'non-developed' is modern colonial language. The original post reeks of liberalism. Not against you OP, I just hate looking to Europe for the future of America. America has fundamental issues that make it not really suited for european capitalism, but if the DSA has their way in the next decade or two we might have some good socialism in the US.
The modern use of the word Socialism means having significant publicly funded institutions. When people say they want socialism they mean they want more of it, because most likely they already have lots of publicly funded institutions - like police and fire protection, public libraries, unemployment compensation.... What they want is more, and Europe has more than the US.
Developed and non-developed are economics terms for different degrees of industrialization and overall wealth. they're not "colonial" language.
I agree and also would note that "developed" is the current, more sensitive term which specifically seeks to avoid unfair judgement in favor of a term that looks at metrics that measure general well being. You cannot tell me it's racist to acknowledge and want to improve the quality of life for billions of people who needlessly suffer disease, death, and other miserable preventable (with resources/education) situations.
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Yeah but we have mythical Freedom! and the whole world except us is mythically oppressed by socialist tyranny!
OK, so how many of those developed countries do we have to invade to pump our numbers up?
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