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delshaldar

Capitalism vs. Socialism: Online Radio Show comments

Aug 18, 2007 11:28

I just heard an in-law's online radio show that dealt with the primary topic of capitalism vs. socialism and I noticed that some of the issues never really got explained clearly, or at least, the reactions didn't seem to come out as succinctly as I was hoping.

( The questions, comments, and my responses... )

Comments 4

Hmmm.... hybridsystem October 18 2007, 01:25:22 UTC

I would like point out something important (at least I think it is ( ... )

Clarification. hybridsystem October 18 2007, 04:27:00 UTC

Note that I do not believe Capitalism or Socialism is inherently evil. What I mean is, as Americans, we are conditioned to believed the former is Good and the latter is Evil.

Many people, I think, have no idea what Socialism really is. And one thing is for sure, govt sponsored health care is not it. England has it, Canada has it, France has it, etc.

That doesnt mean we should have it as well, but what it does mean is that there is a double standard. When one takes the stance that universal health care is Socialist and Evil, then they fall victim to a double standard as we consider the nations mentioned above modern day democracies with free markets, which implies Capitalism.

Re: Hmmm.... delshaldar October 19 2007, 02:35:54 UTC

I think the reason that socialism tends to come up a lot when dealing with "the Health Care issue" is that the way it would need to be dealt with to be "universal" is through nothing more than socialistic means. In order to guarantee health care to all citizens:
A: everyone would need to be a citizen before they could get it, but that's not really going to be an issue... wait a few years and there'll be another "lets forgive all the illegals and make them all citizens" party to see to that.
B: Health care would become mandatory. In order to do that, the only option would be to require it as a condition of employment, or possibly citizenship. Like driving a car, it would be illegal to work without insurance.
C: Every citizen would need to pay into it as part of their taxes, possibly as a flat-rate (this would be the most "fair" way to do it, even to the working poor), but even as a percentage, the total quality of care would diminish 'cause everything has to be approved by the insurance companies ( ... )

Re: Hmmm.... delshaldar October 20 2007, 17:55:52 UTC

http://jadenson.livejournal.com/347980.html?mode=reply is a post along a similar bent that I have a hard time disagreeing with.