Want to See What Socialism Does to a Country?

[longknife]

It also doesn't help that US officials continue to impose a stupid and harmful embargo that only causes tens of thousands to suffer. Go here BBC News - In pictures: Housing in Havana to see some truly heartbreaking pictures.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Want to See What Socialism Does to a Country?

Yup, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, etc., are falling apart.

 

[peach174]

It also doesn't help that US officials continue to impose a stupid and harmful embargo that only causes tens of thousands to suffer. Go here BBC News - In pictures: Housing in Havana to see some truly heartbreaking pictures.

That so called stupid & harmful embargo is because they threated to NUKE us!

 

[JakeStarkey]

It also doesn't help that US officials continue to impose a stupid and harmful embargo that only causes tens of thousands to suffer. Go here BBC News - In pictures: Housing in Havana to see some truly heartbreaking pictures.

That so called stupid & harmful embargo is because they threated to NUKE us!

Fifty years ago: time to move on.

 

[norwegen]

We're seeing first-hand what it does.

 

[JakeStarkey]

The embargo? You bet.

 

[peach174]

It also doesn't help that US officials continue to impose a stupid and harmful embargo that only causes tens of thousands to suffer. Go here BBC News - In pictures: Housing in Havana to see some truly heartbreaking pictures.

That so called stupid & harmful embargo is because they threated to NUKE us!

Fifty years ago: time to move on.

Not till Cuba returns back to a Democracy and not a Dictatorship.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Wait did Jake compare Denmark with a communist dictatorship?

 

[JakeStarkey]

Wait did Jake compare Denmark with a communist dictatorship?

Wait, is Frank saying that Denmark is not socialist?

 

[JakeStarkey]

That so called stupid & harmful embargo is because they threated to NUKE us!

Fifty years ago: time to move on.

Not till Cuba returns back to a Democracy and not a Dictatorship.

We trade with dictatorships all the time, and we have propped them up much of the time.

 

[Moonglow]

We want Cuba back, says the Mafia.

 

[peach174]

Slums in Copenhagen Denmark

Sweden
The gap between rich and poor in Sweden is growing faster than in any other major nation, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

 

[peach174]

Fifty years ago: time to move on.

Not till Cuba returns back to a Democracy and not a Dictatorship.

We trade with dictatorships all the time, and we have propped them up much of the time.

Not with Communists like Cuba and N. Korea.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Not till Cuba returns back to a Democracy and not a Dictatorship.

We trade with dictatorships all the time, and we have propped them up much of the time.

Not with Communists like Cuba and N. Korea.

So some dictatorships are better than others?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Wait did Jake compare Denmark with a communist dictatorship?

Wait, is Frank saying that Denmark is not socialist?

Wait, does Jake not know that Cuba is a Communist dictatorship?

 

[HenryBHough]

Wait, does Jake not know that Cuba is a Communist dictatorship?

Not true!

Why do you think he sucks up to..........

 

[peach174]

We trade with dictatorships all the time, and we have propped them up much of the time.

Not with Communists like Cuba and N. Korea.

So some dictatorships are better than others?

No Dictatorships are good.

 

[longknife]

Slums in Copenhagen Denmark

Sweden
The gap between rich and poor in Sweden is growing faster than in any other major nation, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

What a heartbreaking view!!!!

It's been more than 40 years since I visited Scandanavia and I remember it as an awesomely beautiful place. The Tivoly Gardens in Copenhagen remain one of my favorite places.

What's causing this? Mid-Eastern immigration?

 

[peach174]

Slums in Copenhagen Denmark

Sweden
The gap between rich and poor in Sweden is growing faster than in any other major nation, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

What a heartbreaking view!!!!

It's been more than 40 years since I visited Scandanavia and I remember it as an awesomely beautiful place. The Tivoly Gardens in Copenhagen remain one of my favorite places.

What's causing this? Mid-Eastern immigration?

Socialism is what is causing it.

The socialist methods deployed to supposedly achieve a better world unleash an AVALANCHE of negative side effects that utterly dwarfs any of their original intentions, and brings more poverty, more inequality, more injustice, less prosperity, and more misery. This is because those methods go against an essence of human nature that cannot be changed even by people with the best of intentions.

Socialism exacerbates the very problems it claims to solve.

People have a strong desire to do whatever is in their own perceived self interest!
They then vote for those that are giving out Government Entitlements, like housing, food stamps, welfare checks and it continues to add more and more.

Social programs create more demand and need for those very programs in a self perpetuating cycle because given government handouts, people come to expect and rely on them. And therefore, you can never spend enough, because the more you do, the greater the need to do so it becomes.

Social programs are a disincentive to work and act responsibly. After all, if some or all of your needs are taken care of, and if someone else picks up the tab whenever something goes wrong, why would you worry about such minor details as work ethic, productivity, financial responsibility and family obligations? Consequently, when productivity takes a downturn, leading to a shrinking economy, guess who suffers… everybody! The rich always suffer the least.

Social programs causes a vicious cycle of decreasing revenues and increasing demand for social spending that results in a socialist government running out of money and having ‘no choice’ but to perpetuated tax increases to every level of society, rich and poor.

Liberalism tends to liken inequality to injustice, therefore, just by using the standards set by liberal thinking, socialism causes injustice because of the inequality it promotes. But more directly, socialist policies (wealth redistribution, social programs, and regulation) necessitate a larger, more powerful, more meddling, government that becomes a powerful tool for the wealthy, politically connected, and bureaucrats on “power trips” to take advantage of the rest of society.

 

[SalaamAkir]

I think both socialism and capitalism, taken to their extremes, are unfavourable for any society