I wonder why most all socialist run countries have Democratic in there name? Obama wanted to do it here, but he didn't finish before he left office..one of the reasons the socialist democrats were so butt hurt when trump won..I just could not stop laughing at the poor cupcakes..

I wonder why those 'socialist democrat' countries are so often in the top ten of the happiest places to live, and the healthiest populations.

capitalism: an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

in theory is amazing, in practice with fallible human beings cam become warped by tendency for greed and selfishness

socialism: a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

is also amazing in theory, but in practice with fallible human beings can become warped by tendency for ignorance and lacking education and laziness

Some people will always be poor, no matter how many opportunities they've been given. Our welfare system is out of control. It's causing the poor to live better than the m8ddle class.
Oprah did a study with a homeless man, giving him $100,000. Within a year he was broke again.
My ex sis in law is just as small minded. She was getting $10,000 a year in eic. She bought two 4-wheelers but didn't have a decent car. So what people saw was a struggling mom in need of a car. But it reality she just bought two new 4-wheeler. Something that would be a struggle for. Middle class

I agree. April has lived a middle class life on welfare, while I've lived a poor life on a middle class income. People are being over taxed to cover all the benefits the "poor" receive. She has been on multiple cruises. Eic is good in theory. But most of its recipients don't use it to better themselves. That's where the phrase hood rich came from. They live like rich people till all the money is gone then they have their hand out wanting more.
I'm surprised that will all the reality tv, that n9body has done a show to let people know how they really live.

you have it backwards , there a difference between democrat countries that has democrat socialists governments with mixed economies vs Marxist-Leninist countries with the fancy titles of People's republic of and central planning.

What is north Korea called? the democratic peoples republic of North Korea.

What is China called, the Peoples republic of china

What is Laos called? Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

compared to Scandinavian countries , notice they are all officially called " the Kingdom of (insert name)

Would rather live in the Kingdom of ( insert name) or the Republic of North Korea, Laos, Cuba,China or Ethiopia?




except that Capitalism falls in two categories, Laissez fare and cronyism, Cronyism(which is dangerous) is the dominant category and we see today and what America was born in.



And to some that means the working class to be in charge, I agree human beings are fallible , but the problem with socialism isn't the system its the people in charge of the system implementing central planning, collectivism and bureaucrats to run things.

All theories sounds great, but there is reality.
all economic systems are hybrids, there has never been a pure economic system.

While you think or believe that a mixture of all system is good, the reality is its not.

Capitalism promotes freedom and individualism, equality under the law but not equality of outcome.

Socialism promotes collectivism and doesn't understand humans beings are not equal or have equal ability and wants to correct those imbalances, good in theory bad in reality .

I think you miss the point that the 4-wheeler money could have been spent on housing, food, etc. On Facebook I saw a young mother post that she had paid her rent for the year with her tax return. It gave her security. Most aren't that smart. The hard facts are some mothers put things like 4-wheeler, cruize, salon appointment, etc, above seeing that their kids are taken care of. The govt should do a study to show where the majority of the eic is going. From my understanding the eic is being cut anyway.

??? I wasnt referring to simple country NAMES. I was referring to their political and economic structures.

the fact that socialism and capitalism BOTH have flaws is WHY I believe what works best is to take bits of both that work well

I know what you've said hence why I posted what I posted.

I also said there is no such thing as a pure economic system, all economic system are hybrids.

There is no pure capitalist system and there is no pure socialist system.

You are wrong Miss harmony

if you look back people move in and out of the 1% , people move in and out of the Upper middle class, people move in and out of the working class and people move in and out of poverty.

there are many who have moved out of poverty and yes there are inter-generation of poor people.

here is the reality there will always be poor people, why? because there are some people who will never flourish because its not in their DNA, poverty is the default nature of mankind.

Its just some of us doesn't have a desire to be poor.

and again, Im not referencing the OUTLIERS, I am speaking on the TRENDS...

the TREND is that people remain in the classes they are born to for MOST of their lives, even if they have odd moments where they move between, they pretty much end up where they start in terms of socioeconomic class in the USA.

because they have no desire , ambition or skill set to get out of poverty.

We are not equals, we have equality under the law its up to us to pursuit financial goals.

And that is a problem to some, while you may call it an outlier reality is not everyone has the same ambition , work ethic, skill, desire to better themselves to get out of poverty.

Government cant fix that, and socialist cant fix that although they try.