All that Answer propaganda worked on me. I think I might be a Trotskyite

[Thtwudbeme]

now.

;)

Am I kidding? I don't know.....I sure as hell am having trouble finding fault with the idea of Socialism right now...just not really sure if I can be shoved on over the edge to Trotsky.

We'll see.

[ET Awful]

1. That's a step above being a drink-soaked former Trotskyite popinjay

:evilgrin:

[Thtwudbeme]

3. Ha!

;)

[skooooo]

2. so what's wrong with that?

[TallahasseeGrannie]

4. When socialism was presented to me as a teenager

in high school I thought it sounded like a great compromise between Communism and Capitalism.

I don't think of myself as a socialist today because I do believe that there is a balance between helping people and enabling people. I do not know where the magic boundary is, however.

I am interested in understanding whether Socialist countries are successful in their programs. For example, my Canadian cousins bitch and moan constantly about their medicine. They actually come to the states and pay privately for surgery.

What do you all know *first hand info. would be appreciated) about life in Socialist countries? I am very curious.

[savemefromdumbya]

5. I used to be in Labour

I used to be in the UK Labour Party when it was it was a socialist party and not contaminated by the likes of Tony Blair the conservative/neocon poodle.

[Maat]

9. How in the world did it change to what it is now?

Oh .. I guess I can imagine the answer.

[Maat]

6. Well, I believe in a strong social safety net.

And our tax dollars being spent on providing medical care and insurance to those that cannot afford it, instead of war.

Some call me a 'socialist;' I tell them I find those labels meaningless.

Like Kerry, I'm not the prototypical communist, for I also do not appreciate ANY kind of totalitarian government.

[zippy890]

7. Me too

I found the socialist rhetoric refreshing.

Sure beats the religious rightwing 'gut the government' policies fashionable now.

[Mandate My Ass]

8. We have demonstrable socialism in present-day America

It's simply that it benefits the have-mores exclusively.

[Maat]

10. Exactly ... and that's what we have to change.

Somehow, we have to end huge corporate entitlements; I'm not saying that we can't put policies in place to benefit the small business (small corporation). But billions for energy companies is unconscionable.

[marmar]

11. I see nothing wrong with a European model...

where the government heavily subsidizes or even runs some industries for the public good. Unregulated corporations' no. 1 priority will NEVER be the public good.

[Maat]

14. Well said.

The way the big corps are being subsidized now works well for overpaid executives' good, not the public good.

[JanMichael]

12. About damned time sweetie since you're married to a Marxist Leninist.

Better be careful though because if I go Stalinist you'd better hide the camping equipment:)

[Thtwudbeme]

13. Why? You can't find anything without asking me first anyway....

just leave the dog at home...take the cat.....