333386,
Obviously neither you nor Brixtonbulldog read my previous post... so I'll repeat it here:
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In the aftermath of World War Two, America stood alone as the worlds sole superpower and the worlds preeminent economic power.
In the last sixty years, America has been overtaken by a plethora of newly developed countries (ie: countries that have developed since WW2). All of these countries overtaking the US have done so by adopting socialist policies and strict regulation of the capitalist factors of their economies.
Don't take my word for it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_IndexUN Human Development Index (data from 2005, published in 2007)
1* Iceland ...becoming more socialist all the time
2* Norway ...the MOST socialist country in the world
3* Australia ...formerly a penal colony
4* Canada ...formerly part of the British monarchy
5* Ireland ...where I live, only an independent state since 1922 and chronically socialist
6* Sweden ...chronically socialist
7* Switzerland
8* Japan ...nuked and bombed to shit during WW2, bounced back by dumping the Emperor for socialism
9* Netherlands
10* France ...chronically, fervently socialist and the butt of Republican jokes
11* Finland ...chronically socialist
12 United States ...Go "Fuck-You" Capitalism!
13* Spain ...formerly a dictatorship under Franco
14* Denmark
15* Austria
16* United Kingdom ....a monarchy in name only, now a socialist parliamentary state
17* Belgium ...formerly a monarchy
18* Luxembourg
19* New Zealand
20* Italy ...formerly fascist under Mussolini, bounced back through socialism
...in the top twenty, the COUNTRY (not countries, but country... singular!) that isn't socialist is the United States.
Twelve SOCIALIST countries have overtaken the US since the end of WW2, is it any wonder that they are also some of the most socialist countries out there?
How are socialist countries living better than Americans with only a fraction of America's GDP?
How would the French do with America's GDP?
More importantly, who convinced Americans that socialism was something to be avoided? (FOX News?)
The Luke