by haggis on February 5th, 2008

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Why do Americans hate Socialism so?

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by WilliamNagle on March 4th, 2009
BELOW IS AN ANSWER TO ANOTHER ANSWER BY "HELPER."

I see, so "man has a strong tendency to want to prosper at the expense of others," and this is his "God given right." So that's what God wants.
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"When property is taken from its owner without his consent, and transferred to another solely for the benefit the recipient, then property rights have been violated and an act of plunder has been committed." In this case I suppose you are referring to the money that taxes take from citizens. --Strange, I thought we had elections and that the people choose the representatives that establish these taxes.
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When you refer to "recipients" above are you referring to old ladies in nursing homes who turn their social security checks over to the corporations who are taking care of them. Are you referring to school lunch programs that are responsible for keeping millions of children from hunger? Or are you referring to the reverse taxes (also known as tax breaks) given to major corporations like Exxon?
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As to: "The total inertness of mankind. Man needs the state to order his social life and is incapable of organizing his own life without the overreaching hand of government elitists."
This is not even near the case in Sweden or Norway, and there are no "overreaching hands of government elitists." Instead there are well housed, well educated, citizens with adequate health insurance.
But, speaking of "overreaching hands" what do you call the bureaucrat-administrators of private health plans in the US who decide which prescriptions to fill and which operations to perform on the 80% of the population who actually have any insurance?

And then, "The infallibility of the state and its legislators. Under socialism, the state is by definition always right and can never be wrong. This means that when something goes wrong, a scapegoat must be created."
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The kind of socialism referred to here is the kind that Hitler created under National Socialism. No one in the US is talking about any kind of socialism, no less Nazism.

Or, "A popular fallacy of our times is that it is not considered sufficient that the law should be just -- it must be philanthropic. Nor is it sufficient that the law should guarantee to every citizen the free and inoffensive use of his faculties for physical, intellectual and moral self-improvement. Instead it is demanded that the law should directly extend welfare, education and morality throughout the nation."
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Let's take welfare to start. It's a pretty good idea not to allow people to starve or sleep in the streets. Is that welfare? Before, you brought God into the argument--does God prefer that people sleep in the streets?
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Education: Do you actually believe that education of the entire population regardless of ability to pay, destroys the state? I'm shaking my head in disbelief. --We need more free education in order to further strengthen our country. Without it we're headed for the dump. China & India are already nipping at our heels. They're not afraid of education.

"...and morality throughout the nation."
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This country has always legislated morality and there are people who wish to legislate more morality. They don't live in the left.
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Who has kept marijuana away from freedom loving citizens--no less hospitals and hospices? Leftists?
Who is agitating for anti-abortion laws. What about selling liquor on Sundays? The left? Why are doctors afraid to prescribe heavy does of narcotics to cancer patients in pain? A socialist government already in Washington?
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I am running out of steam--but I can say this at last: If Jesus were here he would be a true socialist and would be caring for every child and ever oldster in the nation. He would be working toward a single-payer universal health plan. He would demand that every person have the food he needs to live a healthy strong life. He would fight for a progressive tax system (render under Caesar)that would ensure that the poor would be able to live full lives.
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With Jesus as our guide greed and rapaciousness would wither and disappear--and would not be considered virtues.
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by WilliamNagle on October 19th, 2008
I've previously suggested a few books that are nice introductions to this subject. One is George Bernard Shaw's "An Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism"; another gentle introduction is "Proposed Roads to Freedom: Socialism, Anarchism and Syndicalism," by Bertrand Russell.
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But to get closer to the application of the general principles discussed in these two books I recommend two additional books both by G. William Domhoff. First, "Who Rules America," (latest edition); second, "The Power Elite and the State: How Policy is Made in America."

All of these are nice introductions to the book that I believe most closely addresses the question above: This book is "The Capitalist State and the Politics of Class," by Albert Szymanski.

I agree with Maine Moody that it is unlikely that any of you will take the time and energy to read any of these books.
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by Meg is exhausted on February 6th, 2008
Because we're smart.

Socialism, while it might look good on paper, always fails in the implementation.

America is all about YOU as an INDIVIDUAL striving to be the best you can be. It's about personal dreams and goals and working hard to achieve them. It's about being self-reliant and self-assured. It's about being self-made and self-actualized.
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by weatherman taking week or so off on February 6th, 2008
Everyone agrees that sharing is the right thing to do, but nobody wants their piece of the pie to be shared.
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by Someguy on February 5th, 2008
We cherish the ideals of self-determinism. Whereas we love the American community and come together when necessary, we are a people that loves going our own way and not depending on others for handouts.
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by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on February 6th, 2008
How are you defining socialism? I've heard Canada defined as Socialist..because we care for our sick and our poor? I find that refreshing.
In most areas though you wouldn't see too much difference between Canada and the US..The US already has some socialism going on in it.
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by APACHEmeansENEMY on February 6th, 2008
Hmm, I'm an American and i don't hate socialism..i think in some ways its a really good idea.
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by peanuts on March 28th, 2008
Our Founding Fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence to insure our freedom for all time. Thousands have died fighting for this freedom, why should we give it up and choose to live under Socialism?
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by Cowboy-Matter of Fact on February 5th, 2008
We valued our individual freedom. Millions of Americans have fought and died for liberty and freedom. I once thought as a whole we would never give it up, but it seems with the recent move to the left and the number of people willing to give up their freedom for the empty promise of government taking care of them cradle to grave apparantly the majority no longer embrace what their countrymen have fought and died for, and are perfectly willing to throw it away. If Hillary or Obama are elected your question will be falsely premised. It will mean the majority of Americans embrace Socialism and reject the ideals the nation was founded on.
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by Correspondance on May 31st, 2008
Mabey because they have brains...
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by Firebrand on February 5th, 2008
America has had many Democratic Presidents who are as far left as a lot of Socialists. If they elect another Democrat this year they will certainly be voting for some very socialist ideals.
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by Democrat Shill on April 15th, 2009
Not ALL Americans hate it. We democrats just LOVE it! It makes it easier to buy votes and keep the masses in control. GO Socialism!
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by Carpediem COAT ab imo pectore on September 28th, 2008
I have read the whole thread, I feel sad to say that unfortunately the lack of knowledge on the principal Schools of Thought is absolutely appalling. I will not explain anything; I will rather leave several videos that explain each School of Thought. Most of the enclosed videos are by Noam Chomsky, do you happen to know who he is? Allow me to introduce this lecturer.

He is an American linguist, philosopher, political activist, author, and lecturer. He is an Institute Professor emeritus and professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chomsky is well-known in the academic and scientific community as the father of modern linguistics. Since the 1960s, he has become known more widely as a libertarian socialist intellectual.

YouTube site:
1]Noam Chomsky - Is Capitalism Just? (Longer Edition)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_sgpq1P_iA&feature=related

2]Noam Chomsky - America is not a Democracy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmJv_wf91W8&feature=related

3]What Is Globalization? - Noam Chomsky
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=RdYwAXZh0ME

4]What is Socialism?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Px38QScJM0

5]Noam Chomsky - Libertarian Socialism: Contradicting terms?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugq86q9KyPE&feature=relate

Socialism: Is a democracy of the people, by the people and for the people.
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by Salty Light on September 28th, 2008
it doesn't agree with freedom..that is what America stands for and why it came to be.
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by meowry on June 19th, 2008
The Americian mentality is individualistic. I can't relate, though. People want to go their own way, at the cost of kindness and friendships. Our sense of community is falling apart.
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by Peetee on February 15th, 2008
Because it assumes that the one implementing the handouts is all-knowing and not corruptible. Given that we are all humans, this is impossible.

Every single one of us is free to indulge in as much Socialism as we like. All we have to do is work harder than we want to and give the excess money to the poor.

But under Socialism, we are not free to choose to have a bit of capitalism.

You work harder and produce more when you are excited about something. It's alot easier to get excited about spoiling yourself than it is to get excited about spoiling everyone else, who may or may not deserve it ( or maybe the extra production is simply wasted and does no one any good ).
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by Tallyman on February 5th, 2009
Because we love freedom
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by Pavel on January 27th, 2009
Most of us like the social provision we get ourselves; we just don't like the social provision that others get.
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by designer is wearing a ....... on October 18th, 2008
Hey Guys....
I am ptoud to say I was part of that record breaking, most aswome debate in the history of AB. I think alot of what was said could easily transfer to this conversation, especialy when it comes to what not only the governments role is here, but also the responsibility of the citizen and what they must do to make the system work. What too many people believe to be "rights" are more responsibilities. We dont have a "right" to free "health-care", We have a responsibility to take care of ourselves and our children.
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by designer is wearing a ....... on September 29th, 2008
As commonly defined, Socialism is a system where all means of producing and distributing goods are controled and owned by the gov.
This goes agaimst everything the US was founded on and really why we have flourished like no other country in history. Most of the worlds advances have come from here. It is precicly that people here had the ability and means to follow their ideas and drems. Build a better mousetrap......Their imaginations were free, the common man man could rise above the rest. Socialism stiffles dreams and imagination.
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by jin jang on September 28th, 2008
Maybe because most do not understand what socialism is.It is associated with communism which it does not represent at all.There could be some jealousy for most of Europe ,South America,England, and other countries have a complete social system where all are taken care of from cradle to grave,with socialized medicine,welfare,and other important things that give dignity to all the citizens.
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by Long Shot on June 20th, 2008
We have been close to socialism after we started food stamps and welfare.
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by Anarchy on January 4th, 2009
Simple answer: Propaganda.

It helps to understand it in terms of class. The business class or the elite, very powerful in U.S. society relative to other western nations, hates socialism -- at least for the poor. It has so far been the only worthy rival to capitalism that enables them to profit unfettered, frequently at the expense of the working class and poor.

In a "free" society, one doesn't necessarily dictate values and beliefs; instead, they are incorporated into every-day life through television, educational facilities, etc. -- simply presented as "the norm," thus making it easily adopted, hard to defy by the masses. This is a lesson that was learned by the business class and applied with great enthusiasm since at least World War II. Hence, the threat of socialism -- i.e., the threat of loss of profit (and power) -- was beaten back vigorously with propaganda.

The Cold War brought this rivalry to the forefront. The threat of nuclear warfare allowed for easy propagandizing through fear. With the fall of the Soviet Union, it seemed socialism was dead. Western Europe, however, has had a fairly strong socialist tendency. Recently, several South American nations, namely Venezuela (with Chavez), Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Ecuador, among others, have embraced a socialist policy, much to the chagrin of the business class that is, once again, vigorously attempting to beat back this threat of socialism in their once very tamed backyard of exploitation. (I'm sure everyone is familiar with Chavez the dictator who won a democratic election, certified so by all monitoring agencies, and survived a recall referendum on his presidency, something that can't even be done in the U.S.)

Returning to the U.S., there is one (unscientific) way to see that the general population does not hate socialism, no matter how irrational their reaction to the term itself might be. Just ask your friends and neighbors about social services such as Medicare/Medicaid, Public Education, Infrastructure, Unemployment Benefits, Welfare, etc. and most will unlikely call for their abolition. In fact, most will probably call for the abolition of a different type of socialism, albeit a very limited type, that the elite love (corporate welfare, military spending) in favor of social spending. (Incidentally, this sentiment is reflected in public opinion polls going way back.)

So the accompanying question should be asked, why don't Americans hate capitalism, essentially socialism for the rich, free markets (no massive government bailouts) for the poor? You'll find the answer is the same: Propaganda.
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by 40ishVoiceofReason on November 30th, 2008
Because when you work hard for something, take care of it and value it, you hate to give it to someone who doesn't deserve it, is unwilling to work for it and then whines you didn't give them enough.
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by Anonymous on October 17th, 2008
This is a bit drawn out, but here is my answer (keep in mind that, honestly, I am very poor. So, I'm not just a rich guy supporting policies that support the rich.)

"The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery."--Winston Churchill

--Freedom (or liberty) is always competing with tyranny.
--Ann Rand: “Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake. That his life and his work do not belong to him, but belong to society. That the only justification of his existence is his service to society. And that society may dispose of him in any way it pleases for the sake of whatever it deems to it’s own tribal collective good.”
--The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights. - In other words, all things belong to the collective society - also known as The State.
--Can human rights exist without property rights?
--Tyranny doesn’t come at once in a democracy - it comes in pieces. (The idea that bad things come first as small “friendly” ideas wrapped up as: the children, the elderly, the environment, health care, etc.)
--I want to point out here that Conservatism (not to be confused with “The Republican Party”) is about taking power away from the state and giving it to individuals, essentially - localizing it. This is the opposite of socialism.
--We shouldn’t be relying on the government to provide for our needs.

Show me a successful socialist country, and I'll say socialism isn't all bad. Consider this: When has the government ever done anything right? Most people would answer never (citing instances of Hurricane Katrina among many other poor government responses). Why would anyone want the government to have more power? Does anyone want to have Katrina Health care? In general I would be willing to bet that in one way or another, most people feel that the American government is broken and/or failing in many ways. Try topics such as: Energy Independence, Border Security, Education, Welfare Reform, Social Security, etc…

So here’s the ten million dollar question: Why do we want more government? Why do we think that giving more money to government and expanding or creating huge new government bureaucracies would fix these problems?
And this isn’t something necessarily exclusive to Barack Obama. President Bush’s ‘No Child Left Behind’ policy is a classic example of a crappy one-size-fits-all big government fail. Many of McCain’s ideas (especially concerning environmental issues) are also thinly veiled ’government solutions’. What evidence do we have that positively support big government solutions?

The government is supposed to serve the people. In what other instance would we think more money would fix crappy service?

Situation one - You go to a restaurant and you get terrible service: the waiter is rude, they don’t bring you what you ordered, and then an hour later when they do it’s cold and soggy - is it logical to leave a huge tip and decide to come back to that restaurant more often?

Situation two -You take your car in to be serviced and it takes twice as long for them to fix it as they first quoted you, and they charged you twice the price even though they don’t really fix the problem - Should you agree to pay twice your promised price? Should you return to that business with a larger problem or recommend it to friends?!?

That crappy restaurant you went to…oh well, the community has decided that that’s where you are going to eat and spend your money. Those jerks that screwed your car over…too bad, the votes are in and that’s where the collective has decided you will be required to take your car…

Don’t be fooled - big government solutions are what Socialism is all about. The government takes a huge amount of your hard earned money so the elected few can decide how and were to waste it. (Note who has the deciding power there.) Whose judgement on how to spend your own money would you prefer: Yours, or Washington’s? Would you rather take money from your own wallet and choose how to spend it - or be forced to pay into the collective and let the community vote how you should spend it? The latter is exactly what you will get with Socialism.

Also, in my opinion, it is important to remember that just because you are fed up with the current government, this does not mean anything new would be better. I find this to be the huge problem with Sen. Obama’s campaign on ‘change’. Again, what change? Is increasing taxes so we can throw more money into the morass of government bureaucracy a good change from the current government? Is that really a change at all?

To me, this is a major concern in this years election. Which candidate is promoting the most government based solutions (aka: Socialism or Epic FAIL) to problems?

Not to mention - the very idea of taxing ‘the wealthy’ is essentially class based Marxism. The same bull-crap lies behind ideas like ‘windfall taxes.’ How does it promote liberty to grant The State the power to decide when a person, or business has made too much profit - and then to seize that profit by force?

People want to tax the crap out of businesses - and then they turn and whine about them sending jobs outside the states?

The wealthy and businesses are the job creators and investors. They make more jobs possible. Take for instance where I work: The small company I work for was recently purchased by a large parent investment company. That investment company saw value in the product we were developing and decided to invest in us. This then, provides us with the funding required expand our staff and create the product we are working on effectively. Their investment is paying the salaries of many many people, as well providing the funding for our technological requirements.

Our business could not function without the parent company’s investment. Laying a massive tax burden on our parent company would clearly have a direct negative impact on my own middle class livelihood - as well as on the customers purchasing the service we provide.

How people don’t see this direct correlation, to me - is mind boggling. Of course - it only follows when you have the media demonizing businesses 24 hours a day, telling you that ‘they’ are the ones holding you down - you should envy ‘them’ - you should vote to destroy ‘them’ - ‘they’ deserve it.

Before you vote for something like that - better find out who ‘they’ are. ‘They’ might be ‘you.’

With government programs, it’s an even more absurd situation. Once a government program is in place YOU ARE FORCED TO PAY THEM more money through taxation for FAIL-tacular service.

Taking from the successful and giving to the unsuccessful is just stupid. It's the equivalent of taking a massive sledgehammer and crushing those on the top of the economic ladder down to the same level as those on the bottom. Also consider that the top 1% of America pays 40% of the entire income tax bill of the entire country. This number only got so high after the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts that moved more people into higher tax brackets, effectively doubling the number of millionaires in America. Like 45% of America doesn't even pay income taxes. How about seriously trying to pull everyone up. Make the rich richer, and the poor rich. Instead of deciding that someone who worked hard should have to give up their money for someone else. I mean, there must be some reason that Western Europe (Strongly socialist as it is) has high unemployment rates, massive bloated government programs, extremely high taxes, and spiraling birth rates. Some nations in Europe, especially Russia, will be halving their populations every so many years. Welfare fraud is rampant in many areas. A man in France lived in the same apartment as his dead mother's decaying corpse for five years to continue to receive her welfare. That's just disgusting.

Socialism has repeatedly failed throughout history and many if not all of Karl Marx's theories have been discredited. Some aspects of socialism are present in American society, but they aren't to the point where people rely on the government instead of themselves.

In Conclusion: Socialism is Crap. Try capitalism, it works.
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by BOOZE HOUND... nothing is nonsence on May 31st, 2008
Because it does'nt work,also they've become the world's only super power by following capitalism so it's not suppriseing that they dont support socialism.
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by Peetee on February 15th, 2008
If the goose gets to sell the golden egg, the goose will remember to buy some more food for itself.

The farmer, on the other hand, might get so caught up in the celebrations that he forgets where all the money came from.
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by Roger Kovaciny on July 30th, 2009
It destroys incentive all around. Just think of moving it into a classroom. A greaser who puts in homework every night, all during vacations and even during the summer gets his right answers taken away and spread around the half dozen schmucks who drink till the bars close. Next test he won't bother studying, and probably neither will they.
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by New Christian lady on March 3rd, 2009
I can give you this American's reasons for hating socialism.

To make a general assertion, I hate socialism because it violates the God-given rights of the individual, which I believe are is a pillar of our Constitution for the guidance of the legislative body in US government.

To be more specific, man has a strong tendency to want to prosper at the expense of others by seizing and consuming the fruitsn of their labor. When property is taken from its owner without his consent, and transferred to another solely for the benefit the recipient, then property rights have been violated and an act of plunder has been committed.

I hate socialism because it involves centralized (state) ownership and control of the means of production and distribution of all goods and services within a society based on 2 fundamental assumptions:
1. The total inertness of mankind. Man needs the state to order his social life and is incapable of organizing his own life without the overreaching hand of government elitists.
2. The infallibility of the state and its legislators. Under socialism, the state is by definition always right and can never be wrong. This means that when something goes wrong, a scapegoat must be created.

A popular fallacy of our times is that it is not considered sufficient that the law should be just -- it must be philanthropic. Nor is it sufficient that the law should guarantee to every citizen the free and inoffensive use of his faculities for physical, intellectual and moral self-improvement. Instead it is demanded that the law should directly extend welfare, education and morality throughout the nation.

I hate socialism because it produces poverty and ultimate social disorder. The goverment is continually forced to spend more money and grant more concessions to more and more people. More money is spent for public education, public housing, public transporation, public amenities, etc. As one group gains something, other groups are unhappy unless they get at least as much or more, and they leapfrog their way up the handout ladder.

The final end of such selfish econimic madness is inevitable. A socialistic society must and will collapse under the weight of its accummulated debt and the increasing moral decay that accompanies such greed and selfishness.

I hate socialism because I love America and do not want to see her destroyed.
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by Moongrim on February 9th, 2009
Most Americans have no problem with Socialism, provided it takes care of those who cannot take care of themselves.

It's only the Rich people who hate Socialism. As they view it as a waste of money that would be better spent, going into their own pockets instead.

After all, look what they've been trying to do to "Social" Security for years.
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by Dave2222 on February 2nd, 2009
To many believe whatever they hear. Their told Capitalism
is reform and Socialism is welfare. They just can't see that they are being taken for a ride. They pay for great health care for our leaders yet are told universal health care is wrong. I don't see the Senators and Congressmen turning it down. They give themselves thousands of dollars raise You ever hear of a Republican giving you a dollar raise? In the past how many years have the Republicans put any money into this country? Now that the Democrats want to invest in this country not one Republican voted for it. Same old garbage.
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by Moongrim on January 21st, 2009
Why do Hyenas piss on the animal carcasses they can't finish eating?

Same difference.
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by kittie on November 22nd, 2008
Freeloading Americans love it
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by CrashTestDummy on October 28th, 2008
We were programmed by political/media propaganda to hate socialism. The hatred of socialism is based on fear, ignorance, and xenophobia. It is possible that the education system may be guilty of perpetuating this hatred of socialism, but it has been my experience that good teachers, even though they are instructed to belittle socialism and praise capitalism, will give you the facts and let you decide for yourself. Institutions of higher learning (colleges and universities) are rampant with professors and students who freely (and covertly) espouse the virtues of socialism. Many who are unhappy with the way things are, spontaneously offer socialist solutions to society's ills, without knowing that their solutions are socialistic in nature. The educated tend to base their decisions on facts, and tend to dismiss media propaganda and rantings of manipulative politicians for what they are.
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by George656 on October 19th, 2008
The reason that Amercian people hate Socialism is because they have been reading statistics and information that are all full of lies and misinformation. Most European countries that have socialism are living longer than the people in the US. Capitalism has and will never work since it devides the country and it makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. It has also made the US the most arrogant and selfish country in the world. It's all about me, me, me and not about sharing or helping other people. The US is ranked 37th place fore health care because of all of the infant deaths and other things. The US is all about greed, wealth and power. The Amercian people only care about themselves and not the other people who are poor and dying. This is why the US has so many problems today.
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by philosopher-saint on September 28th, 2008
Makes it real difficult for the rich to get richer!
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by BlankGenY on February 15th, 2008
I say, why not just help ALL the world some and kill all Humans...Yup, WE are the ones messing things up-NOT the animals or plants, ect. I am for nuke war because in the end we will die-But then again...
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by devil is back on February 6th, 2008
i hope it's a minority, systems are systems, people are people
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by Spunts.answered 67 questions in 1 hour. on February 5th, 2008
they don't hate it,it's just that our system is leaning more on the democracy side.if anything,the socialists are the ones who dislike our system.
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by NeverWas on October 11th, 2009
It's simply a scare word that has intruded itself on productive debate about government. It has become the new boogeyman word that conjures up old cold-war lunacy with the pretense that the word itself is a rational debate. In American politics, "socialism" means nothing other than fear of government. After years of international antagonism, a stagnant economy, and the specter of terrorism, Americans are just throwing a brief temper tantrum, forgetting that every part of government is, in most respect, "socialism".
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by mazo mike on September 30th, 2009
most don't know what it is and only listen to equally as uninformed people. fearing or hating the unknown is a sign of stupidity in my opinion.
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by Hayzen on September 7th, 2009
Because they fear what they do not know.
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by Friendo on August 29th, 2009
Americans have no idea what socialism is. What they erroneously refer to as "Socialism" is any form of government resembling that which exists today in western Europe. There are no socialist governments in the EU. They are a federation of states (much like the US is a federation of states) made up of fairly wealthy democracies that operate within the capitalist system, but which do not allow the corporation to dominate their governments as they do here.

Their parliamentary representatives actually represent the people that vote them into office, not the corporations that fund their campaigns. A corporation operates at the behest and cooperation of the governments or they are sent packing. So far, no corporation has left any EU country because they felt the working environment was too unfair to operate in.

Basically, this is accomplished by not allowing corporations to be involved in any way with the election process, such as the funding of individual election campaigns. They also would never allow the corporate lobbying process that they have in the US.

Socialism, on the other hand, is the tyrannical form of government that operated in the East Bloc for 70 years beginning, in what became the USSR, in 1918 and the soviet satellite nations from 1945 onward. The standard of living was very low and rights were few. Very few Europeans ever want to see that again.
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by wigglepin on August 24th, 2009
They hate it because the capitalists have taught them from a cild on up to hate it, not to understand it.The greed of the capitalists will destroy capitalism. We have a revolution coming in the future I think.
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by Moongrim on July 30th, 2009
They like it when they don't have to pay for it.
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by Don Quixote el Manchego on July 30th, 2009
because they don't know what socialism is. cold war ideation is the only reference for most. scary soviets=socialism. I guess they never think of Thomas Paine, John Stuart Mill, François Mitterrand, or Gerhard Schröder.

but why think for you self when the GOP has plenty of one-liners to choose from?
sendschie
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by ArcyQwerty on July 29th, 2009
Americans dont hate socialism
They just dont like their government being called anything but democracy

Americans speak of themselves as a democracy although it is far from it

A pure democracy, everyone votes on everything
Instead, it is a democratic-republic

Even so, many socialist ideas are incorporated into government funded programs
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by Stormarm on April 25th, 2009
Because Americans (the real ones anyway) hate all Statist regimes and systems, and are viscerally opposed to all forms of collectivism. Essentially, we believe in self-government, and when it comes to acts of charity and compassion, they're only charitable and compassionate when done individually. Socialism is the idea that an elitist cartel and their pet bureaucrats can spend and give away the citizens' money better than the citizens can. Invariably, it simply it's simply typical corrupt government hiding behind different rhetoric and liberated from all bounds practicing (now without restraint) what those in government have always done: robbing from their enemies and giving to their friends.
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by Wraith25 on April 11th, 2009
Because is a inhumane system that denies political and economic liberty to its citizens and promotes government coercion and slavery to a totalitarian state.
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by Gonforgood on March 4th, 2009
The only successful socialist society to date, China, has had to adopt capitalism to grow financially. Achievers should not be punished for striving and loosers should not be rewarded for laziness. Furthermore, If people are working for their own benefit by creating goods and services others desire and fitting other like minded people with employment in the process, the economy grows. But if people are forced to do things they could care less about for people they have no intent in pleasing... how can that economy be a success? When was the last time you settled for mediocrity when something much better was half a block away? That's capitalism.
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