Socialism is like life in a pandemic

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  1. 6-eyed shaman

    6-eyed shaman Sock-eye salmon

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    Fear, panic, mass shortages, empty store shelves, a heavy police state that kills its own people....

    Except it never ends
     
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    Everything ends.
     
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  5. Nebulous

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    Where is the heavy police state that kills its own people? Everything else you said is happening where I live except that last part.
     
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    Feliks Dzerzhinski is watching you !!!

     
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  9. stormountainman

    stormountainman Soy Un Truckero

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    I wonder if we could get 6 Eye to understand that his Republican Hero just turned to socialism to repair the damage to America which had been caused by Coronavirus?
     
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    That's what they are saying it is...

    In effect he's just trying to buy votes. $1000.00 at a time.
     
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  13. neonspectraltoast

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    So...it's exactly like capitalism?
     
    neonspectraltoast, Mar 18, 2020
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  15. Asmodean

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    If we had communism the economy and loss of monetary gain wouldn't be an issue for maintaining a social lockdown during such a pandemic :) It's one of the biggest reasons now for not following thoroughly through with it..
     
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  17. 6-eyed shaman

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    In China people were forcefully removed from their homes. Some were barricaded in, neglected, and left to die.
     
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  19. Asmodean

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    People would never be neglected and left to die in solitude in capitalist countries
     
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    As if that wouldn't happen here if the hospitals got overwhelmed... They would be turned away based on ability to pay.
     
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    right, that only happens in a socialist society. To call the USA a capitalist country is not true, it is both. Just like where you live is both.

    Here is the ranking, seems you are the same colour as the USA and Canada. You are ranked 13th and the USA ranked 12th re capitalistic country
    https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/capitalist-countries/

    so someone has made a joke of it all. Made people think they are one thing when the opposit is true?
     
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    Indeed Trump is pandering with a left turn and further devaluing the fiat currency. In Venezuela their currency the Bolivar is as good as toilet paper.
     
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    How many socialist countries have you lived in?
     
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  35. Asmodean

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    You're indeed the wisest in your response. I guess I thought if he's so easy to correct why not do it, but we all know how these threads by this OP goes... :p
     
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    You seem to be missing the essence of my post: such things happen regardless of the system people are in. It's a false argument putting it like the terrible situation Italy is in is due to them having a form of universal healthcare. They're overwhelmed because they are the first western country the virus could spread in. If the use of precautions get underestimated (certain areas in) the US might find themselves in a similar situation soon anyway.
     
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    This isolation being imposed is not really to stop it spreading, it is about the curve, if everyone gets together quickly it spreads and overwhelm the hospitals,like it has in Italy. This is about spreading it out so that more people can survive and hospitals can handle patients, So the capitalists are doing right by the people. This is about prevention, some will disregard it, which can hurt all in the long run. Prevention of hospitals without enough room or enough people to care for them all at a given time,
     
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