Anytime I hear anyone mention socialism in a negative way I must speak up. I love socialism and capitalism together.
If you are against socialism you are against the military, police, firemen, public universities, public schools, the roads and highways we drive on, state parks, national parks, Medicare, the Smithsonian, the CDC, all law enforcement agencies, and on and on. I LOVE socialism AND capitalism together, and I’m going to be vocal about it! I love Amazon, Target, my local stores and small businesses WITH my publicly owned businesses. I want them both! They work great together!
Anytime anyone mentions socialism in a negative way, tell them to pull their kids out of public schools, stop driving on the roads, and get out a bucket when their home is on fire because the socialist fire department isn’t coming to their house!
Socialism and capitalism working together is a great thing and I’m going to fight to combat this ridiculous ignorance. If you don’t like socialism, get off the roads. Socialism and capitalism are a huge part of America.
When someone complains about socialism they sound like an ignorant fool who doesn’t know what they are talking about parroting some politician who is pandering for their vote. Don’t be a fool. This internet that you are on right now came from government owned and funded universities – socialism. Socialism in balance with capitalism is a great thing.
(I originally posted this on Facebook)
Amazon and Target are publicly-owned businesses, i.e. their stock is available for purchase by the public on public stock exchanges in the U.S. (NYSE and NASDAQ). Your local stores and small businesses are almost all privately-owned, because their equity (stock) is owned by the founders, employees, or family members of former owners.
We pay taxes and sometimes additional fees for government-funded and managed police forces, public schools, roads, mass transit, most of the best hospitals, military, and electricity. That isn’t socialism. Every capitalist country does that. Most developing countries can’t afford to do that. Nationalizing all medical care, all liquor stores, media, automobile manufacturing, mining, and agriculture is closer to what is considered socialism, I think.
You state, “We pay taxes and sometimes additional fees for government-funded and managed police forces, public schools, roads, mass transit, most of the best hospitals, military, and electricity,” and then say this isn’t socialism. You are making my point very well. We do not live in a purely capitalistic or socialist system. We are a hybrid. According to the Oxford dictionary, socialism “advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.” We do this for the things you mention, and not for others. In my opinion, we need both capitalism and socialism. I do not want the extreme of either. Thank you for your comment.