Originally Posted by
Winston Smith
Feel free to move to France, Sweden, Russia, China, etc. any time you'd like.
The US is, and always will be, a capitalistic, free market economy. To hope otherwise is a tremendous disservice to our men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice to support this country.
If those brave Americans wanted to fight for France's system, they would have. They chose to fight for our country.
Leave. Please.
Brave Americans have always fought for Freedom against Tyranny and Greed.
Even for France and China. Please see
Lafayette Escadrille and
Flying Tigers for a history lesson. Ignorance and bigotry are not American traditions - yes they have always existed here, but at least we have never embraced them as ideals to strive for. (Perhaps until recently.)
Our economic system, is not now, nor has it ever been a completely unfettered capitalistic free market system. Out economy is in fact inspired by and attempts to reach the free market ideal. But the economic cycle has shown time and time again that it causes too much damage, pain, and suffering to real people, if it does not have proper regulation. Without a healthy dose of social insurance, we would not be as great a nation as we are.
Do not confuse Capitalism with Democracy. They do not go hand in hand, though they do work well together. China has become an economic giant by allowing capitalism in. But it is no Democracy and freedom is not tolerated well there.