US Politics |OT|

[Shaunodon]

the-pi-guy said:

Shaunodon said:

It's not difficult at all to see why people who align with the liberal or socialist left, can so easily fracture and radicalise as Orwell detailed. Since they only think of the revolution for selfish ideals and not the following real world consequences.

Rather than theories and concepts, I only attribute beliefs to what has actually been proven to lead people to prosperity. The freest country in the history of mankind is also the most capitalist country in the history of mankind.

Abandoning what has verifiably been the most effective model for leading poor undeveloped countries to prosperity, for a social and econcomic concept that has proven to be disasterous every time, is textbook insanity.

@underlined: not according to that 5 hour video you shared. Practically argues that groups = socialism, which means that everything is actually socialism.

"Freest country" and "most capitalist" - how do you measure these things? 

By one very objective measure, the US is one of the least free. We have one of the highest per capita prison populations in the world.

How do you measure most capitalist? Most of the successful countries have mixed economies that mix private and public services. 

"is textbook insanity."

What was the best model, before capitalism? Would you have argued before that happened, that it would be textbook insanity to abandon - I don't know let's say feudalism? 

The horse has been the most effective model for transportation for literally thousands of years, it would be absolute insanity to even think about using anything else.  

Did I say for 'anything else'? I clearly meant socialism.