Socialist America: The lasting legacy of TRUMP?

[$5 submissions]

Will Trump trigger so many Americans that Uncle Sam joins most of Europe and turns socialist?

When do you think that will happen?

What will happen to memes like the one below?

[Bladewire]

Absolute power corrupts absolute power

[kane]

We already have a lot of socialist things in this country, but there will be more coming. I don't think it will happen any time soon, but I think we will eventually land in a place where there is universal healthcare, cheap or free college, and other social welfare programs.

We could avoid it, but I can't see us taking those steps so we will continue to head down that path.

Imagine if Bernie Sanders runs and wins. That means the country will have elected a black man, an orange man, and a Socialist as the last three Presidents. Pretty wild.

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by kane

Imagine if Bernie Sanders runs and wins. That means the country will have elected a black man, an orange man, and a Socialist as the last three Presidents. Pretty wild.

[onwebcam]

[bronco67]

The pendulum always swings the other way.

[bronco67]

Originally Posted by $5 submissions

Will Trump trigger so many Americans that Uncle Sam joins most of Europe and turns socialist?

When do you think that will happen?

What will happen to memes like the one below?

She looks sexy on the left, but the right side is the one you want in bed.

[Bladewire]

The alt-right are incel cucks that hate women. Common knowledge

[DraX]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

The alt-right are incel cucks that hate women. Common knowledge

Everything is black and white inside gfy's hate spreading self proclaimed head honcho bladewire...

[BaldBastard]

Aus and NZ where I'm from both have free health care. The majority of people still have insurance, the two systems complement each other, there's also a social net for the needy, aged pension, unemployment benefits even paid parental leave.

https://www.babycenter.com.au/a10459...parental-leave

I don't think most Americans consider Australia to be a socialist country, neither do most Australians.

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by $5 submissions

Will Trump trigger so many Americans that Uncle Sam joins most of Europe and turns socialist?

When do you think that will happen?

What will happen to memes like the one below?

the problem is people throwing around the word socialism and not even knowing what it means.

Venezuela might be a socialist country and it's truly fucked up and no one in his sane mind can want that

but none of the European countries is socialist no matter how often people like you confuse that

but all European countries (some more, some less) have safety nets for their people like health insurance, unemployement benefits or social insurance. Paid partly by all citizens, companies and the government itself.

And it makes sense, the numbers prove it.

I don't know anyone who is in large debt because he either wanted to study or had a major health incident.

And the overall tax burden in the US is not so much lower, they just spend a shitload of money for weapons. Cut the military budget in half and take that money into universities, health insurance, social insurance and the US could be a paradise (for more than the top 1%)

[ilnjscb]

That's the thing - stop having an expensive military sounds easy, but Bush, Obama, and Trump all disagree with that. The defense and intelligence community all grew under them.

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by ilnjscb

That's the thing - stop having an expensive military sounds easy, but Bush, Obama, and Trump all disagree with that. The defense and intelligence community all grew under them.

Correct. Do you know why?

Because private businesses & services supplement every military installation for everything from waste management & internet services to food preparation & transportation services. This is part of the reasons big business supports the Republicans.

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by ilnjscb

That's the thing - stop having an expensive military sounds easy, but Bush, Obama, and Trump all disagree with that. The defense and intelligence community all grew under them.

if you look at it that way, it is actually socialism at its best: government paid jobs plus government subsidized industry through overinflated prices.

so when the US already has implemented the bad parts of socialism, you can also add the good things

[tony286]

Originally Posted by StefanG

the problem is people throwing around the word socialism and not even knowing what it means.

Venezuela might be a socialist country and it's truly fucked up and no one in his sane mind can want that

but none of the European countries is socialist no matter how often people like you confuse that

but all European countries (some more, some less) have safety nets for their people like health insurance, unemployement benefits or social insurance. Paid partly by all citizens, companies and the government itself.

And it makes sense, the numbers prove it.

I don't know anyone who is in large debt because he either wanted to study or had a major health incident.

And the overall tax burden in the US is not so much lower, they just spend a shitload of money for weapons. Cut the military budget in half and take that money into universities, health insurance, social insurance and the US could be a paradise (for more than the top 1%)

Here in America , the right only wants socialism for the rich, the sheep are too stupid to realize that.

[celandina]