As for my friend georgephilip who thinks capitalism guarantees rising inequality, maybe you can tell me what socialism guarantees?
Either socialism or capitalism is good for the ruling class. But neither system is good for the working class.
So rather than convey the impression that George Philip, or any of those who agree with him, are promoting the adoption of socialism, which is not the case, please understand that based on the evidence seen throughout the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s, the most prosperous and productive decades in our history, the best system quite clearly is capitalism which is rigidly controlled by certain socialist regulations.
I have lived in Soviet Union, which was called socialism[...]
It might have been called socialism, but it wasn't socialism. It was also called communism but it wasn't communism, either. It was Stalinism, which was totalitarian dictatorship.
and the only thing that was guaranteed if you spoke out against that system was imprisonment. Now I do not know how strict it was under Adolf Hitler, and how much what about national socialist Germany was true[...]
Germany under Hitler might have been called socialism but it wasn't. That designation was a ploy. Germany under Hitler was a military dictatorship, plain and simple.
If you want to know what true socialism is refer to Denmark, which is widely regarded as the "happiest" country on Earth. (Google it if you doubt it.)
but I DO know that USSR and USA has been controlled by the same puppet masters, designed to bounce us back and forth. And perhaps make us feel guilty of seeking capitalism, when in fact USSR was not real socialism itself, but a dictatorship. And today political stooges who write history will claim that Joseph Stalin robed banks to fund his socialist revolution (what a hero), but in reality with a little bit of research it is OBVIOUS that Stalin/LeninÂ’s Ukraine style revolution was actually backed by international bankers (no need to rob banks)...we have been brainwashed, and until we become as one, we are rightfully screwed, and I will even enjoy watching my fellow countrymen, my friends, and others suffer for their ignorance. ignorance is crime. And every time I hear America being called a free or democratic country, I am offended.
I can't disagree with all you are saying here but suffice it to say the best designation for the United States with regard to the past four decades is that of an
emerging plutocracy, which means rule by the wealthy class. I say
emerging because the full-blown plutocracy hasn't evolved as yet. But it's coming -- as evidenced by the increasingly obvious formation of the American police state, which will facilitate plutocratic rule.
