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| Zappykins said: Public schools, police, fire, all live of the public socialism. Working for the military, living off military benefits? Socialism. Disability? Yup, that's socialism. Medicare? Social Security? yup, more socialism. And those are the people I've found to most support Trump. It's so strange they can't see what they are doing to themselves. |
Public schools are pretty crappy compared to private schools, and private schools elsewhere in countries that have school choice (like Japan, Hong Kong, etc are much better.
The military is overbloated and shows just how bad socialism can be, people take orders without using their capacity of reason, are brainwashed into blind nationalism, and don't ask questions just because they are taken care of. If there is any example of why we shouldn't accept socialism, it is the example of the military. There is no freedom in the socialist military. Plus, there is no reason why we couldn't have a volunteer militia system in the United States considering how many weapons are here, and how difficult it would be to attack strategically with little cost. Standing army's are quite ridiculous concepts really and the myth that we need the current military to protect our freedoms is just that - a myth.
Disability, is probably the most abused social program.
Social Security is a very poor retirement plan because the government couldn't keep its hands out of the public trust fund. Most people won't see what they put in. Also it is a regressive tax, I am unsure whether socialists would've qualified it as socialism really. If anything it redistributes from the poor to the rich. Australia's superannuation system, which is private, is much better and more secure.
Most firefighters are volunteer, and we could probably do the same with police in most places and not notice a difference.
