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People, I'm from Russia. I can tell you about socialism. Ask the questions, please.
But, firstly, I want to know, there is democracy in USA or not? If it is, why American TV lie to you?
Sorry for my English. I need a practice.
KissMy, thank you.
I was shocked, when Obama and McCain during debate said that Russia attacked Georgia. Today people in USA know that Georgia start this war?
P.S. I hope you understand that Georgia is not a state in USA.
Oldandtired
English wasn't my favorite subject in school.
KissMy
It's not a problem to find the truth. You can talk with people from South Osetia (Georgia attacked South Osetia. Russia protected it). You can read report about investigation, that was made by EU.
KissMy
It's not a problem to find the truth. You can talk with people from South Osetia (Georgia attacked South Osetia. Russia protected it). You can read report about investigation, that was made by EU.
The most problem of USSR was that there wasn't system how to change leaders without bourgeois democracy.
KissMy
Sorry, I will watch your video tomorrow. It's bit difficult to understand American speech.
Meister
Not at all. I'm good in politics and I can differ vere is the truth. But I think that my government is more honest than American government or government in Russia, when Yeltsin was president. When Yeltsin and Gorbachev ruled the Russia it was more lie compared the time when Stalin ruled the Russia.
People, I'm from Russia. I can tell you about socialism. Ask the questions, please.
But, firstly, I want to know, there is democracy in USA or not? If it is, why American TV lie to you?
Sorry for my English. I need a practice.
If I may conjecture that American ideas and ideals are more closely associated with self-reliance, free enterprise, and entrepeneurship, what is one to make of the latest Gallup poll?
"Americans are almost uniformly positive in their reactions to three terms: small business, free enterprise, and entrepreneurs. They are divided on big business and the federal government, with roughly as many Americans saying their view is positive as say it is negative. Americans are more positive than negative on capitalism (61% versus 33%) and more negative than positive on socialism (36% to 58%).
Socialism had the lowest percentage positive rating and the highest negative rating of any term tested. Still, more than a third of Americans say they have a positive image of socialism.
Exactly how Americans define "socialism" or what exactly they think of when they hear the word is not known. The research simply measures Americans' reactions when a survey interviewer reads the word to them -- an exercise that helps shed light on connotations associated with this frequently used term.
There are significant differences in reactions to "socialism" across ideological and partisan groups:
A majority of 53% of Democrats have a positive image of socialism, compared to 17% of Republicans.
Sixty-one percent of liberals say their image of socialism is positive, compared to 39% of moderates and 20% of conservatives."
Socialism Viewed Positively by 36% of Americans
It seems that socialism should be included in pantheon of Democrat beliefs.
Capitalism eventually fails because for everyone that wins there are two more who lose.
Proof?
If I want something you have, and you are willing to sell it to me, who loses?
If I produce something different that people want, isn't that a "new form" of wealth?
Socialism: we clean out the warehouse, a big share goes to the leaders, everybody else divides up the rest. We have a big party. It is all gone. All goes well until the first bad year for harvest, then all the "little" people starve, the leaders have enough, and they blame it on the people that starved (they can't fight back), for eating (taking) too much. The hating followers believe them and the cycle starts again. Yes, the life of a serf, sound great, wonder when we will get that system?
Shouldn't have to prove how capitalism works. In order for the 10% of the population to have 90% of the wealth, 90% of the population can only have the remaining 10% of it.