None of your posts reflect liberal ideas at all. Your rallying against government healthcare in support of private healthcare tells me all I need to know.Is west wall a liberal? He seems like a raging conservative who is against everything socially and economically liberal.Why are liberals so sick...inquiring minds want to know?
Do you realize you've just accused West Wall of being a liberal? I doubt he'll be happy with that...
Yes, i am a liberal Democrat and have been (well I must admit I flirted with Communism for a year or two, but that was mainly because of a cute woman) for all of my near 70 years. I however have a brain and can learn from mine, and others mistakes. Capitalism controlled, is the best system by far for the vast majority of the population.
Capitalism uncontrolled leads to fascism (we are very close to that now) and eventual dictatorship. Sadly that is also true of socialism and every other collective governmental system. They just get there much faster than capitalist systems.
Then you haven't engaged me on gay marriage, or abortion, or a whole host of other subjects where I am reviled as a liberal POS on this board. I am hated by more rightwingers than lefties I think. With age comes wisdom, I am old enough to realize that most of the ideals I had when I was young while of good heart were less than useful.
The more I have lived in socialist countries the less enamored I have become of the collectivist governmental systems. They work very well for a small select group of people. But for the majority of the people they suck.
East Germans were allocated apartments that measured around 65 square meters. That was it. They weren't paid anything so they could really do anything with them either but that was the space they were allowed. Most couldn't even dream of owning a Trabant but those that could got to experience the wonders of keeping one of those POS's going.
You should look up the culture shock that the East Germans endured when they were reunited with the west. It's interesting to see just how bad it was for the East Germans compared to the West Germans. And the one thing that was different was the governmental type. Collectivist vs individualist.
