Millennials would rather live in socialist or communist nation than under capitalism: Poll

[Póg mo 1,749]

Another benefit of living in America is that you rest easy knowing that more of your tax dollars goes towards bloated military, bigger prisons, and my favorite subsidizing research into health care that private corporations get the majority of benefits. 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

37 minutes ago, Póg mo said:

Another benefit of living in America is that you rest easy knowing that more of your tax dollars goes towards bloated military, bigger prisons, and my favorite subsidizing research into health care that private corporations get the majority of benefits. 

Kinda makes you wonder why it’s the #1 immigrated-to country in the world, eh?  The US had more immigrants in 2015 than the 5 countries behind it combined.  

 

Hey wait, aren’t you an immigrant, or your spouse?  Hmmmmm....

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

43 minutes ago, Póg mo said:

Another benefit of living in America is that you rest easy knowing that more of your tax dollars goes towards bloated military, bigger prisons, and my favorite subsidizing research into health care that private corporations get the majority of benefits. 

I agree it's not fair that so many countries rely on the US for defense. 

[Póg mo 1,749]

7 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

I agree it's not fair that so many countries rely on the US for defense. 

Yes, other countries should step up and subsidize international corporations the way the US does, only then will we be free

[Póg mo 1,749]

22 minutes ago, IDWAF said:

Kinda makes you wonder why it’s the #1 immigrated-to country in the world, eh?  The US had more immigrants in 2015 than the 5 countries behind it combined.  

 

Hey wait, aren’t you an immigrant, or your spouse?  Hmmmmm....

Yes the USA is a big country, so I am not sure it's fair to compare it with smaller countries. I bet if you were to add up the immigrant populations of several larger EU countries, the US might not seem so wonderful. And if we consider the percentage of immigrant populations in different countries, I suspect the US might also not look so great. 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

11 minutes ago, Póg mo said:

Yes the USA is a big country, so I am not sure it's fair to compare it with smaller countries. I bet if you were to add up the immigrant populations of several larger EU countries, the US might not seem so wonderful. And if we consider the percentage of immigrant populations in different countries, I suspect the US might also not look so great. 

I wasn’t comparing it to small countries.  I was comparing it to the ones ranked right behind it in number of immigrations per year.  See for yourself:

 

[OriZ 3,157]

I do believe healthcare and education in the US need to be fixed, and have even offered my own solutions in the past. However, I think most of those who want to live in a socialist or communist country go way beyond that; And that, I'm definitely not onboard with. It is a weird trend in the world today, where people from other less free countries such as China, Russia, etc strive to make the progress the US has made, while some Americans make the exact opposite stride. Backwards world, what can I say.

[OriZ 3,157]

12 hours ago, cyberfx1024 said:

Trust me I feel the same way because it's going to affect me as well. I had a argument about 5 years ago with my late father about Social Security and how we  need to get away from it. Of course him being retired at the time thought it was great and how dare I say anything bad about it. That was until I showed him the statistics that my age is the first age group where we will pay in to the system more than we will receive from it. At that time I paid into SS a little over $4k for that year, and I explained to him how I should be the one to dictate where that money goes to not the government. 

Social Security is the greatest Ponzi Scheme ever. That, and pretty much anything central banks touch. 

 

11 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

And how is the national debt the fault of a capitalistic economic system?  If we want to see the debt get even bigger, then just keep growing the government by making it more socialist.

Isn't it funny how they always make arguments against capitalism, using examples that are the exact opposite of capitalism?