antagon
The Man
- Dec 6, 2009
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No. Economics will be the death of socialized everything. All British colonies in America that started out with socialism nearly died out their first year because they could not grow enough food to last the winter. If it weren't for the Indians (stupidly) bailing them out, they would have all died out by the second and third winter. Some did.
All those that changed over to a capitalist system (See Jamestown for one excellent example) went from megafail bust to a boom in one year.
Why do you need more proof? The only reason we've lasted THIS long is that we haven't gone whole hog into socialism like they did 400 years ago and we have a lot more reserves to burn through. But we're almost there.
Socialism will be removed from the body politic like a malignant tumor as economies fall. But they never seem to get all the cells and a relapse always seems to occur 2-3 generations hence. At least I'll be alive to see this tumor burned out of the world by the chemo of global economic collapse. Starvation is a great sterilizer of political frivolity.
sue your history teacher, fitz. british colonial socialists 400 years ago?
My bad.
That would be Four Hundred and THREE years ago.The Jamestown Settlement Colony was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America.[1] Named for King James I of England, Jamestown was founded in the Colony of Virginia on May 14, 1607
I figured you wouldn't quibble over being off by three years.
This nation just didn't spring into existance in 1760, you know. Or when the Puritains landed on Plymouth Rock (or there abouts).
As for the functionality of modern socialism, it is nearly indistinguishable from full blown feudalism. Nobles at the top, Serfs at the bottom doing all the work. Much like the prolitariat supporting the 'party' except without that messy God thing and even messier lines of succession.
So... who should be suing who's history teacher?
its not the date, it is your claim that jamestown or any british colony was socialist. this makes you a comedian.
you dont know what you are talking about with socialism, communism or feudalism. why do you bother trying to make historical characterizations on those lines?
your history teacher should catch a lawsuit, fitz. this 400 y/o british colonial socialism fantasy of yours is the pinnacle of ignorance.