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[bikerwalla]

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
-- John Steinbeck

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Europe's not big enough?

[tahkhleet]

Besides which there's no pure capitalism anywhere, it's just a question whether the allocation of communal resources happens in a manner that tends somewhat toward more fair and transparent or less. The US total tax rate is still 3/4 the highest industrial total tax rate. This is not a night and day different.