LMAO... Yep, the bricks on your residence are strong. The very best bricks. Nobody has bricks like you. In fact, no one knows more about bricks than you. The mason that put them up came to you... a very tough man, that mason... And he said to you with tears in his eyes... Sir, sir how did you get these bricks to be so strong?
Sorry man... That line about the bricks on your house being strong was very Trump like and I couldn't resist.
Anyway, Just to kick in my 2 cents worth on the Socialism thing, I'm left of most on here and I'm all about capitalism. It does a much better job at MOST things than socialism does.
I'm actually a bit concerned with our new socialist brother Donald Trump. He's been working to get the government involved by suggesting that the Government taking partial ownership of US Steel with the President (Him of course) with securing a "golden share," giving the U.S. government veto power over key decisions like plant closures and job locations. The administration has taken or sought equity stakes in strategic industries, including
rare earths company MP Materials, and secured profit-sharing agreements with tech firms like Nvidia and AMD. That's textbook socialism.
And guess what... not a PEEP out of Republicans. Kind of like RFK's MAHA movement (which I fully support by the way), but when Michelle Obama suggested something similar, Republicans were sounding (well, exactly like you...) screaming socialism from the mountaintops.
Socialism is just a tool... a method to use when needed. Capitalism almost always works better, but not always. Capitalism always seeks a profit and that promotes incentivism, creativity, and ways to do things better and cheaper. That is a great thing. But sometimes a profit isn't what you are looking for first and foremost. Sometimes you just need to get things done and there's not going to be a profit at the other end. I'd guess some of the New Deal programs under FDR back in the 30s were a prime example of this... Particularly the TVA (Tennesse Valley Authority... You can still see some of their puke green buildings to this day) dedicated to bringing electricity and other basic amminities into parts of rural America (particularly Applicha). That needed to happen, but no one was EVER going to make money running power and water into rural american households. That was good case for government in action.
Personally, I question our capitolist driven healthcare system. The US is the richest country in the world and I think we can do a much better job of taking care of the poor than we do. I've always had a job where benefits were a part of the compensation package, but that doesn't happen for a lot of folks. I just don't think it's right for someone to get in an accident or get sick and suddenly have debt hanging over their heads that they can never pay off. Hell, I had Cancer Surgery a couple of years ago and JUST the hospital bill was worth more than my freaking house. I'd have been screwed w/o health benefits. We can do better and more socialized healthcare could do a better job... Think VA benefits (yet another example of pure socialism at work that you don't hear much about).
