These idiots ignore the fact that capitalism made us the richest, most powerful country in the world, and socialism destroys wealth wherever it is implemented.
But, capitalism is unfair because some become richer than others...yeah, that doesn't happen in socialism, now, does it?
Okay, rambling on more:
In capitalism, the richest are those who provides goods and services that society desires.
In socialism, the richest are those who are politically well connected, who can change the laws to benefit themselves at the expense of ‘the workers’, and those who can work dark deals at 1AM in the morning with the doors locked. Really, such a warm and fuzzy system.
If you read Burt Folsom's book, "New Deal or Raw Deal" about the depression, it's apparent that Zero is following FDR's playbook right down the line. FDR, who may be the most despicable person to set foot in the Oval Office until recently. It's a good book and easy to read.
Read this blog post: Economic Fundamentals: The Forgotten Depression. There's an audio recording embedded of Folsom addressing Young Conservatives of America where Folsom contrasts Harding and Coolidge's performance with Hoover (the first RINO) and FDR's.
Personally, I feel like I'm living in an Ayn Rand novel, but which one? Is it "Atlas Shrugged" or "We The Living?"
To add to your post:
In socialism (of the Soviet type) when there is scarcity of, well, practically everything, your money have different purchasing power depending on where you live and who you know. Of course, the best was to be a member of the nomenclatura. If not... Central cities were supplied better with more goods. You would have to travel further and pay bribes to get same material goods. And generally speaking, people with better access to the “trough” could cash in on selling/bartering the access. You did not even have to be a top manager of any “trough” to benefit, laborers greased their palms as well. So, if you were sitting on a trough or knew people who knew people, you did not have to overpay on the black/gray market. You see, market does not care if somebody denies its existence, it just transmogrifies into something uglier, but its still there.
As you say: such a warm and fuzzy system. I want to make sure: we are still far from there. But we are moving in that direction.