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The "S" Word
Oct. 20th, 2008 06:53 pmI'm watching CNN at the moment and there's the whole "Socialist" spiel going on.
I do not understand United States political discourse.
Really I don't.
I get that Socialism is a very, you know, feared method of economics, what with the redistribution of wealth, taxing the wealthy and regulating the markets.
And the pundits are really harping about the "redistribution of wealth" thing, because the whole American Thing isn't about the quality of life for each individual citizen, but the quality of the over all monetary state of Uncle Sam.
But only for those people who actually have the money.
This is especially poignant with the Bail Out plan, which probably the most Socialist move the US Government has done... perhaps more so than The New Deal.
There was also a mention that in Western Europe, Socialism as a creed isn't really on the table anymore.
It's all about The Third Way.
Sometimes I feel as though I was born in the wrong time.
I mean, what I posted the other day, the sinfest, it's exactly that.
We're living in a world in which profit and not human beings are considered important. Yes it sounds very sugary and humanitarian and such.
But really, is it so fucking hard to give a damn.
And to want people to have a quality of life that is worth while.
Socialism is not a four letter word.
"Rich" is, though.
I do not understand United States political discourse.
Really I don't.
I get that Socialism is a very, you know, feared method of economics, what with the redistribution of wealth, taxing the wealthy and regulating the markets.
And the pundits are really harping about the "redistribution of wealth" thing, because the whole American Thing isn't about the quality of life for each individual citizen, but the quality of the over all monetary state of Uncle Sam.
But only for those people who actually have the money.
This is especially poignant with the Bail Out plan, which probably the most Socialist move the US Government has done... perhaps more so than The New Deal.
There was also a mention that in Western Europe, Socialism as a creed isn't really on the table anymore.
It's all about The Third Way.
Sometimes I feel as though I was born in the wrong time.
I mean, what I posted the other day, the sinfest, it's exactly that.
We're living in a world in which profit and not human beings are considered important. Yes it sounds very sugary and humanitarian and such.
But really, is it so fucking hard to give a damn.
And to want people to have a quality of life that is worth while.
Socialism is not a four letter word.
"Rich" is, though.
