[AndyJackson]

I don't get the fascination here with socialism. We know t is a "bankrupt" political philosophy. The real enemy of freedom these days is the Republican collusion with the Democrats to bring us crony capitalism, which is the economic philosophy of fascism. And there will be no quicker path to socialism than to create it as the only alternative to crony capitalism. Look who the real advocates for open boarders - bring in underpaid skilled labor so we don't have to pay American professional salaries. It's the RINO's. It is "our team."

The enemy ain't them. It is "us." Don't like socialism. First you have to kill of its deranged bigger brother.

[Yaelle]

Very good point that I won’t soon forget. Thanks.

[arthurus]

The reigning economic theory ore the 1600s and 1700s was mercantilism which today is reborn as fascism or crony capitalism. It makes a few rich at the expense of preventing the great majority of people from getting much beyond subsistence. In the 1800s England changed its operant philosophy to one of free trade and the industrial revolution and the trade revolution took off and poverty began its rapid decline in the English speaking world and eventually in Europe generally.

[i_robot73]

Oh, I get the idea of FREE. What *I* don’t get is: if Socialism is so GREAT, why not move to any number of countries that HAVE Socialism.

Socialism here is antithesis to our Constitution (not that we don’t have a 50%+ mix ‘illegally’ already).