Originally Posted by
LeftWing
You're confused. The discourse of capitalism vs. socialism is not black and white. Newsflash; Capitalism in its extremity
is just as bad as socialism in its extremity. One checks the other. So, when one advocates more regulation, that doesn't mean they are a Marxist
and it certainly doesn't mean that they should move to another country. However, if you have a problem with someone exercising their right to free speech (in this case, an advocate of more regulation (the Marxists
) to the point of you telling them to leave the country, it is
you that needs to move.
I didn't ask anybody to leave. I just asked him to try out socialism in a country that is already there so as to not experiment on the country I hold so dear. That way there would still be a mostly free market economy to come back to when the experiment is over. And, there is not extreme to capitalism that is evil. There is corruption and fraud that is possible under both systems. But, there is nothing inherently bad with a nearly purely free economy. On the other hand, ever bit of socialism can be directly linked to social and economic ills. Name a social problem, and I can show you plenty of ill effects that were not expected but should have been...