Socialists remind me of bratty teenagers.

Bratty teenager: “I work part-time at McDonald’s and make enough to go out with my friends on the weekend, but my dad who gives me cool stuff for my birthday and pays for a roof over my head makes a hundred times more! It’s not fair! WAAAHHHHH! 😩”

Socialist: “I’m upper middle class and can pay for all of my basic needs, but Jeff Bezos who gives me an Amazon Prime subscription, helps me buy alll my Christmas gifts every year, helps the economy of my entire country, and literally sends people into space makes a million times more! It’s not fair! WAAAHHHHH! 😩”

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Graylight · 51-55, F

What kind of socialism would you be talking about here? Liberal socialism? Utopian? Eco? Democratic?

And just what are you implying is better? Capitalism? Which form? Laissez-faire or free-market capitalism? Or is it state capitalism and welfare capitalism. Mixed economy?

(I'll give you a hint: [i]it's the one that includes socialism. [/i])

badminton · 61-69, MVIP

@Graylight

RopinTexan · 31-35, M

@Graylight I’m speaking of socialists in general, not a specific type. The folks who get upset that rich people are rich and choose how to spend their money.

I prefer free market capitalism, as opposed to crony capitalism, which actually isn’t capitalism at all.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@RopinTexan there is no General type of socialism and we don't practice free market capitalism. We have a mixed economy, meaning that we employ and utilize both capitalist and socialist practices and ideologies.

Kind of hard to find half your identity is the thing you hate most.

Baremine · 70-79, C

@Graylight but socialism is the cancer that kills capitalism. Socialism leads to communism where the middle class doesn't exist and the working man gets royally screwed. At least under capitalism you stand a chance of getting ahead.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@Baremine Right. Because in 200 years, roads and bridges, financial safety nets public libraries where people learn, medical clinics where people are healed, emergency services that save property and homes everyday, mail service that gets a box or envelope anywhere in the world you wanted to be, educational systems that teach our youth... All just corrupting our society.

And I'm curious - with the middle class becoming the lower class, housing becoming untenable and measurably less services available to those who most need them, who's benefiting from capitalism again? [i]The top 1% Of U.S. Households Hold 15 Times More Wealth Than Bottom 50% Combined. [/i]