PIMPTASTIC-FROTH Posted:

@Hungry – Yes, communism’s flaws might be to difficult for any government to overcome…but as I’ve said before, many countries have borrowed from socialist and Marxist theory. Even the most conservative American is very, VERY liberal (American conservatism is more-or-less ‘clbumical’ liberalism), and just because a country like France isn’t communist, doesn’t mean they can’t institute universal health care, or other socialist concepts.

Not true really. If I remember correctly you’re thinking of “libertarianism” which is total freedom, both economically and socially. Liberalism has always been the school of thought that a body known as “government” needs to intervene to provide the best economic outcome. America is actually pretty conservative and it’s “liberals” are pretty much moderate conservatives, while it’s “libertarians” mostly just use the word because it’s cool, I’ve met liberal libertarians, and hardline conservative ones Log in to see images! (no, seriously, claims to be libertarian) but very few genuine ones. Libertarianism is only one step from “pure” anarchism in the clbumical sense.

America still falls in the whole “mixed” economy system which is a system everyone from libertarians who think a few services are required to maintain property rights to more archetypal socialists who beleive that everyone should have certain things available to them (some might add If they’re trying to work, but lets not go into subsets and HERETICS) but that capitalism drives better productivity.

A lot of America, and my native england, which 3rd party’s slightly stronger presence aside is very simular, suffers from the fact that the two main parties are moderate conservatives and hardline conservatives. There is no liberal party with weight, and hence no balance. When the government pushes something through, the parties infight and vote against themselves, reliant on the opposition to push it… Or that’s how it works here. That is to say, that most of our choice is an illusion.