david starling
Well-known member
No they aren't the way of the future.
His philosophies were tried during the 20th century and failed. Utterly failed, ending up in famine, poverty and death for millions of people.
"Democratic socialism" is the reason for the poverty in south america.
We've had it here, U.S. style, since FDR, with Kennedy, Johnson, and even Nixon(!) making it work even better for us. It's called the social-safety-net, which does rely on taxation, but doesn't prevent ambition, hard work and fortunate circumstances from enabling anyone from amassing a fortune. Must be something about the Spirit of 76, the U.S. mindset, that makes it possible here and not in other places.