The amount of Americans who were trained to misunderstand and hate socialism based on reaganomics but yet want to be Russian is heavily astounding. Americans are the weirdest bullies of the world.
What does modern Russia have to do with anything?
We do our best to ignore the countries that do have good social policy, or manufacture reasons that social policy doesn't work while ignoring the exact same problems mirrored in our capitalist system exacerbated by disparity.
The US definitely doesn't ignore countries like the PRC, Cuba, Vietnam, etc that are more rapidly and equitably developing than their peers, it wages active economic warfare if these countries don't play ball. The US Empire needs subjects, after all, so if countries don't bend the knee the US either saber rattles or sanctions them to oblivion.
Stop couping yourself.
Stop couping yourself.
Stop couping yourself.
Anyone who says they don't like socialism I just tell to stop using public roads moving forward.
socialism is when the government pays for things, and the more things it pays for, the more socialister it gets
socialism is where the government socialisms for things, the more they socialism for, the more socialismier it is.
- Cunk on socialism
Publicly funded infrastructure and utilities within a Capitalist system isn't an example of Socialism. Socialism is an organization of society where public ownership is principle, ie at least over the large firms and key industries. The US Army is not "socialist," it's an arm of the state within a Capitalist system. Same with roads.
I get what you're trying to say, but I think this line of thinking backfires more often than it helps. Anti-socialists can easily point out that it's the broader system that needs to be viewed, not the discrete element.
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