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There is no winner. First, the debate question starts with a false assumption, republicans and democrats are very different. Does anyone really think a woman would have a right to choose if republicans controlled our politics? They would select judges in the mold of Alito, Thomas and Scalia. Would the ACA be law? Lots of other differences.
So why is there is no winner? Because in the end they are all utopians. Their views are assumptions based on imaginary scenarios and or consequences of behaviors. Consider the libertarian view that less government and regulation would lead to Happyville. No need to even consider that as the Great Depression and the Great Recession give pretty clear examples. Anarchism is the weakest in my opinion as it posits a hippie world that again has examples of failure, the communes for example. Socialism seems at least in this conversation to be a milder form of anarchism which again leads to Disneyland.
Oddly the system we have offers great opportunities as were proven after WWII. If voters paid less attention to agitprop maybe we could again move forward with greater equality and justice. People make up the system and people need to manage the system. Today corporations and money control the idea sphere.
Anarchism is the weakest in my opinion as it posits a hippie world that again has examples of failure, the communes for example. Socialism seems at least in this conversation to be a milder form of anarchism which again leads to Disneyland.
Oddly the system we have offers great opportunities as were proven after WWII. If voters paid less attention to agitprop maybe we could again move forward with greater equality and justice. People make up the system and people need to manage the system. Today corporations and money control the idea sphere.
... Do you not agree that along with the CGC anarchism has had examples of success as well? ....
The problem with what I consider the more utopian viewpoint is that it sounds good and sometimes even works but it is rarely a complete solution to the complexity of the modern world. Take for instance policies that are supported by government that really do help people. Social Security has surely done some wonderful things for people. Do we abandon it because it has some problems or we do as Reagan did in a rare moment of bipartisanship help it continue to do good? "Human beings will be happier, not when they cure cancer or get to Mars or eliminate racial prejudice or flush Lake Erie, but when they find ways to inhabit primitive communities again. That's my utopia." Kurt Vonnegut has an interesting point but can we get there?... Do you not agree that along with the CGC anarchism has had examples of success as well? ....
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SS is a ponzi scheme. It always was and it will be collapsing within the next 10 years, maybe within 5 years, as the Baby Boomers all hit it, along with the horrific costs of Medicare.