ext_291223 ([identity profile] torpidai.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2010-05-31 11:02 am (UTC)


So cop this one folks - Is Obama ~really~ a Socialist; What Socialism is and if it has any effect on society

Who gives a damn, your a Brit and in British political life, WTF has American Socialism got to do with that?

Now, Socialism from a Brit POV, everyone comes up with the NHS, which really isn't Socialism at it's best, everyone pays a varying rate towards it (according to their earnings), and gets out "What they need", and just like any socialist system, it's overworked, waiting times are hellish and there's definately a great lack of options. (I was told more once that as I wasn't going to agree to surgery, there's bugger all they can do! They lied) and trying to get dental care from it isn't fun.

even if they bought up the postal services, they would not be able to run a service to the outer hebrides and make a profit.

That really is a surprise, have you tried sending a parcel recently? it's almost second mortgage time, and god forbid you want to send anything with a bit of weight to it, private parcel companies are often cheaper.

so long as the State controls any aspect of goods and services to the public, you have state controllled industry.

The state is over-controlling as it is, do you still get pirate radio stations in London? have you managed to find any pirate TV stations yet now we've all gone digital there are still many analogue TV's out here yet no-one seems to have filled that obvious void.

Hawaii

Hmmmm, I contest that Hawaii is a legal state of America personally, but hell when there's sugar available (Which was in reality pretty much like Oil is to us today) Who's going o question the illegal annexing of a sovereign country.









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