Better for all, Capitalism or Socialism?

[vlad321]

mrstickball said:
Am I the only one that finds it odd that the only examples of properly run countries with massive social programs are infinitely smaller than America?

Denmark is about 1.8% the size of America (by population). You don't think that has *something* good to do with how their state is run?

I cannot wait to see what socialism does in the European Union - French workers being taxed to pay for healthcare in Turkey and Lithuania. Once that happens, then I think we can make an apt comparison on US capitalism and European socialism. Otherwise, we're trying to argue much smaller countries vs. much, much larger ones.

One could point to Singapore being a fantastic model of socialism in many various forms...But do you think that'd work on a much larger scale?

And I also find it strange that people are so willing to have their freedoms (choices in education, healthcare, and other provisions) taken away, yet decry the same governments for the notion of changing abortion, gay marriage, and other laws. Why is it that we're so touchy on the government being powerful in some areas, but willing to let them have major says in other areas?

 

I'm all for socialized programs, and also for government not to meddle in abortion gay rights etc.  That is, they are left to the people that concerns them to choose.