Is everyone on the planet entitled to a base-level amount of the planet's resources for security and survival?

@monte3 It is a price you pay to have peace in the streets.

@monte3 sounds like a responsible society

Pretty much. 😊. I find it sad that it is even debated. @SW-User

@monte3 well the first thing some on the far right say is 'socialism and communism'

@SW-User exactly ! I see Budwick was right on script below😊.

@chrisCA [quote]It is a price you pay to have peace in the streets.[/quote]

And hows that working out?

[quote]At Least 3 Dead, 22 Wounded In Weekend Shootings In ChicagoAt least 25 people were struck by gunfire, and two were killed[/quote]

[quote]7 shot, 2 killed in Baltimore weekend violence. Baltimore has reported at least 240 homicides in 2019.[/quote]

@monte3 [quote]I see Budwick was right on [/quote]

Damn right!

@Budwick I am not talking about street crime. That is fueled by the social ills of American society, and your gun culture.
I am talking about large scale armed insurrection when a large percentage of the population is poor, hungry, and desperate.

@chrisCA Your statement 1 - [quote]to have peace in the streets[/quote]

Your statment 2 - [quote] I am not talking about street crime[/quote]

Now, you agreed with Monte earlier. So Social Security , Medicare, food stamps is what is preventing large scale armed insurrection ?

@Budwick meeting basic necessities can help do that sure

@Budwick It plays a role.

@chrisCA OK - so by getting people jobs and higher wages, Trump is actually pushing us toward civil war!

@Budwick Go read a history book. 😏

@chrisCA Jeez - you people are thick.
Do you have one in particular in mind?

@Budwick president trump, and actually this applies to presidents in general, are far less impactful on wages and job creation then the presidents want to say, and of course normally far less to blame for job loss and recessions

@Budwick wow had to go with the 'you people'
here is a good left perspective howard zinns peoples history of the usa

@SW-User That is a giant load of of baloney.

PS - you saying it, does not make it true -

@Budwick have you read Zinn? it is not baloney.
and same to you you saying it doesnt make it true, but it does bounce of me and stick to you cuz i am rubber and you are glue

@SW-User [quote]wow had to go with the 'you people'[/quote]


Sorry - 'you assholes' - better?

@Budwick absolutely

@SW-User Comrade Zinn? Howard Zinn is a socialist participating in the rewriting of American history.

You have chosen poorly.

@Budwick or you refuse to acknowlege some hard truths about american history
and saying someone is a socialist is not an insult

@SW-User Eric, if you call me a socialist, you better run!

@Budwick BW of course you arent, but i dont think you are a fascist either which is an insult