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In reply to the discussion: Why Not Socialism?: The Right’s red-baiting has been far too effective [View all]Diclotican
(5,095 posts)nadinbrzezinski
Yes I do - so I hopefully know a little of it .. Even though my personal opinion is that I believe we have turned to far to the right, i would like to turn the ship little to the left - to safeguard what we have managed to build since world war two... We have our share of crybaby es who is little sad about paying taxes for programs they might never experience firsthand.. The system is not perfect - it have its share of snags - but I would better have this system, than the US form, who is more or less, you are on your own.... I once was thinking about emigrating ot the united states as a young... Thankfully I did not - and as I have been on disability for some years now - I am thankfully I don't did it... (
Germany was, at least in the rebuilding after world war two - more social-democratic than it was before and after but compared to what is in the US, I suspect even Merkel, who was living in East germany and have always been strictly critical about some of the systems who have been part of german fabric after the war...
If we doesn't see each other in the meantime, happy holidays to you too.. Have seen you around here and there ..
Diclotian