PJ O'Rourke was on the radio here today saying how he worries that if Obama's move towards "socialism" (lol) works, then Americans will be inclined to become more socialist. He then said:
"We know, of course, that socialism doesn't work in the long haul. We don't have to go back very far in history or very far away in geography to find that out, a little visit to Burma will do."
I love the way the right in the US calls even the tiniest piece of regulation "socialism", then when they want to point out that socialism doesn't work they refer to the most backwards, basket case examples they can. I was nearly screaming at the radio: "WHAT ABOUT SWEDEN? NORWAY? DENMARK?"
It seems to me that in this current crisis, the more socialist you are, the better you're doing...
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"We know, of course, that socialism doesn't work in the long haul. We don't have to go back very far in history or very far away in geography to find that out, a little visit to Burma will do."
I love the way the right in the US calls even the tiniest piece of regulation "socialism", then when they want to point out that socialism doesn't work they refer to the most backwards, basket case examples they can. I was nearly screaming at the radio: "WHAT ABOUT SWEDEN? NORWAY? DENMARK?"
It seems to me that in this current crisis, the more socialist you are, the better you're doing...