I don't doubt that you've seen the effects of Stalinism, but there's quite a big difference between building a great military industrial complex and declaring a state capitalism and achieving socialism. Any true socialists distance themselves from authoritarian figures like Stalin, who, ironically, broke up the soviets and the unions. Solidarnosc, as you no doubt remember, was a workers movement against Soviet domination, and the Hungarian revolution was a primarly a liberal leftist movement against the Soviets to establish a more Yugoslavian styled communism. Needless to say, there are MANY brands of socialism.I have seen what Communism does, first-hand. I will not allow the youths of Eutopia to grow up as I did.
Well what is this arguement but a somewhat milky Social Darwinism? By his own merit? The strongest survive right? Well what is an Indonesian boy in a sweatshop lacking in merit that a, say, upper middle class American isn't? Contrary to whatever social theories you may espouse, the Horatio Algers of this world are sadly only too few. The central injustice of capitalism is that employers make their profits by paying labourers the market value of their labour but less than the value of the commodities they produce - the former being unrelated to the latter. As for giving "free money," I hardly think requiring employers pay their workers a livable wage is giving them unearned money. And as I said before, there are many brands of socialism, with many proposed solutions, and not all of them involve welfare. I suggest you do some research instead of making criticisms based on a very superificial understanding of our philosophy.I do not support your ideology in any respect, I believe one should live by his own merit, not by free money.
Well I gather that from this arguement I could construct the following one with the same logic: "Most Indonesians working in sweatshops got where they are from their work and therefore deserve their position." Maybe that's a little unfair. But in any case just ask yourself, which is more difficult: the work of the employer or the employee? Honestly now, how can stress possibly compare with poverty and no healthcare or decent education? And you left out one rather major category on how millionaire CEOs got where they are: luck.As for you, Mr. Rashaad, most millionaire CEOs got where they are by hard work (except for a few by family connections) and therefore they deserve their position.
Um, what does Eastern Europe have to do with Eutopian governmental policy?Besides, what does Eutopian governmental policy have to do with Indonesia?
I hate to disappoint you but I'm quite the internationalist and must stay true to my ideals. Instead of just closing our borders to them (which is a pretty shitty idea if you have any hope of Eutopia being one again), the UCL is currently seeking solutions which involve cooperation with the unions of St. Esprit and Tilapia. We'll have more on that later.I would like to offer my support for the elimination of day workers. Our economy needs a lot of time to recover, and we should never allow foreign workers to take the jobs of the tax-paying citizens of Eutopia. I would like to work with you and others on legislation to eliminate the current policy allowing day workers to work in Eutopia without citizenship.
I don't think the Carnegies and the Vanderbilts of the world could agree with you more. If the lower classes are don't have healthcare, well it's their fault goddamit! They should have worked harder for it!It rewards those who are successful, instead of punishing them like Communism does with a graduated tax.