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Amerika - It Takes a Village to Raise a Child

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  • wow I heard Obama give this speech yesterday

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  • @mearbhrach We need to quit letting the corporations run the show. But, credit card companies shouldn't have hidden fees or banks shouldn't take advantage of clients. Every1 ha the right to make money but not to screw ppl over.

  • @Gasparro18 Capitalists who want to rule over other people are not capitalists. They are socialists in disguise. Welfare for very few. What real capitalists (Ayn Rand) want is to be free and not enslave anyone. Whether people want to charge for their services or not, whether they want to trade by barter, money, favours, or whatever else they find appropriate should be entirely up to them to decide.

  • @mearbhrach I can relate to that. I had a friend who would help me out buy giving me clothes, let me eat dinner, let me sleep over his house. But, after awhile I released he just wanted the control. He's a manipulative person. He'd do a favor for you but throw it in your face. But, also did favors for him too. That's what socialism is they don't want educated ppl to figure things out on their own but its not like capitalists want that either.Capitalists take advantage of ppl too as ppl know.

  • @ursa41 Yes, socialism is appealing. We find it appealing because we think it will make our lives great and wonderful. We don't look much closer into things because there are so many who believe in it. But socialism doesn't really allow people to be nice to each other. It forces them to act in certain ways. If something is perceived to be dangerous, even if it clearly isn't, it will be made illegal. That is violence. Violence against a minority. Friendships are not fixed systems, socialisms are.

  • @mearbhrach Yes, but alot has to do with the culture and the mannerisms of the people of any particular country. Spaniards are good people by nature; they are giving and communal. I guess that is why a socialistic society appeals to us (I mean, technically Spain and the EU is liberal-democratic but with a "sprinkle" of socialist formula). Americans, on the other hand, are disorganized, self-centered,greedy,and always yearn for the American $. Therefore, Pure Capitalism is PERFECT for them...

  • @ursa41 Socialism does not make people friendly. Capitalism doesn't make people friendly if they are always afraid of losing what they have. If people are happy with what they've got they will most likely be nice to other people. As long as capitalists ruin each others lives (friends compete for sports but they don't destroy each other) and feel restricted in their daily life by socialist regimes (neoconservatives are socialists) they aren't likely to smile.

  • @ursa41 Friendships may exist among people under socialist regimes, but socialism is not a friendly relationship. Socialism is not a friendship between the government and the governed. Socialism is not a friendship between socialists. Socialism is not a friendship between people. Socialism is not the same thing as being nice. Socialism is a group of people ruling over everybody else. Socialists fight amongst themselves because they don't like how they are being ruled. They don't like each other.

  • @mearbhrach Yes, but mearbhrach, there is friendship in socialist societies; in fact, people look out for each other & you feel a sense of belonging. This is the vibe I get every year I go to Spain on vacation to visit family/friends. People (total strangers) care for each other. I say "Good morning citizen" or just "Good morning" to people on the street on my way to have breakfast. It's a wonderful feeling; here in the U.S., I feel isolated--I mean, everybody looks out for themselves!

  • @ursa41 Friendships are better than socialism(s). Real friends don't prey upon each other for support or control. Friendships are flexible rather than fixed systems. If you suddenly stop beings friends you can go somewhere else for companionship, health and support. If one friend won't listen you can go to someone else. Friends make up for the support they receive in all sorts of ways, not just one. Friends don't rob other friends and punish them when they lose respect for the thief (vandalism).

  • @ursa41 As long as they can't figure out that they're in a system which doesn't allow them be free everything is just fine. Try not sending your children to a public school and police officers will show up at your door. Try home schooling your children, and you're committing a bigger crime than not reacting when your students can't read when they're 18 years old. If you do some digging you will find a lot of people who have tried to speak out or don't dare to do it. Try: watch?v=-bUw6OpqF1A

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