The US has gone from the capitalist to facist economic model ...
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So you hate the foundation of the US economy from the late 1800s to the late 1900s. Understandably, there were some very bad times for workers in the late 1800s to early 1900s. And then we had the various socialist movements that did great things for our nation -- people caring for people.
Unfortunately, people started mandating socialist concepts, instead of letting people individually choose to work together. And that's where you ran into the problem of people differing, whose ever idea was more popular was adopted and then forced on the others. And that's why communism failed.
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and love the U.S. (in general). You can't tell me what I love or hate, and you certainly can't define what the U.S. means.
The US has moved from capitalism to a facist economic model. It has become a country of 2/3rds entitlements and 1/3rd military-based R&D since JFK on-ward. That is
not sustainable.
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To me, the U.S. means freedom and equality, liberty and open doors to all, even if actuality doesn't mirror ideology. I fight for those ideologies, because that is what I always believed America to be, and that is what I think it should be and someday will be. America has the foundations to be that, in my opinion.
Freedom and equality in
access,
not entitlement! You can't seem to grasp that concept. The major difference between the US and USSR was that the US
never attempted to guarantee fair, the US
only guaranteed free! That includes the free will to fuck up and fall straight on your face. But it also meant the ability to pick yourself up and try again.
People who bitch about their job should try running their own business. You don't have to have money to do so. You don't even have to have credit to do so. But it's
damn hard! 90% of US businesses are by people who
do NOT have money, but they work hard with a belief that they can "do it better." If you don't like things,
change it by forming your own company! The government has
never been the answer!
Especially when it comes to increased regulation. The so-called "stop the big businesses" attitude by increasing regulation
only makes it worse! It gives big business more ways to lobby the government -- especially the federal. If you're going to increase government -- do it at the state or local level, not 1 "clearing house for all lobbyists!" We don't need more government regulation, we need less -- especially because more often hurts smaller businesses than large!
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I'm tired of people telling me I hate the U.S. I don't hate any nation. Hating an ism doesn't make you hate a country that follows that ism. Not all Americans are capitalists. I don't hate the U.S. I should really learn to ignore your posts, because they almost always feature either insults (you know jack shit about history you ignorant foooool etc etc) or provocative labelling statements that are unfair and provocative (how can an IRANIAN say such a thing, you obviously hate America etc etc etc).
Because you're a hypocrite! You complain about Americans not solving the "Jewish problem" after WWII, yet I didn't see "Iran" exactly "solving the problem" either! Dude, we
welcomed as many of the Jewish faith that wanted to come into the US after WWII! Your views are so slanted, so tainted, you can't even see how much of a hypocrite it makes you look like -- especially when you look at the Iranian state and its policies!
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Damn. I've seen more of this country than you have, I promise you, and I loved it all.
Bullshit. I travel all over the US dude. The majority of people I work with are
immigrants! Get off it. You don't know America at all!
The #1 difference between you and I is that I
do not try to speak for Americans! You, on the other hand, have said what America "should be," who's votes "should not count" (e.g., the midwest), etc... I believe in freedom and equality when it comes to
access and opportunity --
not when it comes to
fairness and entitlements!