Why would you say Americans don't understand it. I have studied it and find it to be a very poor and inefficient system that robs people of their freedom and it has been proven to be beyond evil and suppresses creativity. I have also live through it and the cold war. Socialism id pure evil.
You don't understand. All the countries that are accused of being 'socialist' have the exact same qualities of the USA. America is not a big free market place, it's just like any other country.
There are lots of examples of socialism outside of Venezuela. I know about disastrous dictatorships with communist rulers, my cousin lived in one. He lived in Romania and he escaped to live in NZ.
Guess what. Ghana is capitalist. South Africa. Nigeria, India, Mexico, Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia. All capitalist. They have horrendous economic problems and people are living in misery as well. It's not that simple. There needs to be proper management of a nation.
It's mostly the right wing dipshits who really don't even know what socialism is, but who've had socialism fear mongered to them by faux news and other fascist propaganda.
Socialism: political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
The problem is in how this is implemented. It requires a strong central goverment of the "elite" to make decisions for everyone. A few… [+]
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Tell me one thing that New Zealand has developed or discovered. Socialism breeds mediocrity.
Because America has been politically polarized against leftist thought since WW1.
Why would you say Americans don't understand it. I have studied it and find it to be a very poor and inefficient system that robs people of their freedom and it has been proven to be beyond evil and suppresses creativity. I have also live through it and the cold war. Socialism id pure evil.
You don't understand. All the countries that are accused of being 'socialist' have the exact same qualities of the USA. America is not a big free market place, it's just like any other country.
Is it? I need to see your proof.
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We understand it very well and have learned from others
New Zealand is considerably small compared to America and it's resources along with other things so yea it may work for you but not for everyone.
Guess the Venezuelans don't understand it, either. Because they're in abject misery, not utopia.
There are lots of examples of socialism outside of Venezuela. I know about disastrous dictatorships with communist rulers, my cousin lived in one. He lived in Romania and he escaped to live in NZ.
Guess what. Ghana is capitalist. South Africa. Nigeria, India, Mexico, Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia. All capitalist. They have horrendous economic problems and people are living in misery as well. It's not that simple. There needs to be proper management of a nation.
It's mostly the right wing dipshits who really don't even know what socialism is, but who've had socialism fear mongered to them by faux news and other fascist propaganda.
Please. Give me your definition. You may change my mind, really.
@jerdanro I'll assume you're a right-wing wacko, so you give your definition.
I posted it as a reply to my original opinion and I'm just a centrist with some knowledge and experience on the matter.
Socialism: political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
The problem is in how this is implemented. It requires a strong central goverment of the "elite" to make decisions for everyone. A few… [+]
You don't have the Koch Brothers in New Zealand either.
Americans don't believe in cooperation. They believe in warfare.
Socialism is basically the root for the growth of communism
It has something to do with 'Pavlov's Dogs'.
we do understand , you don't understand America