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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badminton · 61-69, MVIP

In the U.S.A. we have socialism all right...for the super wealthy and corporations.
They get bail-outs, subsides, all kinds of tax loopholes, off-shore tax-havens, etc. Everyone else gets nearly unregulated capitalism.

"Our upside down welfare state is socialism for the rich, free enterprise for the poor."

William O. Douglas, (1898-1980) Justice of the Supreme Court

RopinTexan · 31-35, M

@badminton Yep, that’s called cronyism/corporatism. That’s one of my biggest problems with the American right wing. They say they want capitalism, but what they really want is corporatism, which is not capitalist in the least.