time for some european politics

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Doc this is exactly what socialism is. I know for most americans it is a bad word, mainly because they don't understand what it means.

It does not mean "kill the rich" , it just means that having more money doesn't make you a good person. A person that picks up litter is just as important as any other one, and deserves to be able to make a living out of that job. The same for somebody that works at Mcdonalds. We need people like that so we should also pay them enough to don't have to take two jobs to support their family. To make sure they are also able to send their kids to school, and also see them after work.
40 hours of work should be enough.
The american dream is a fairy tale told by the rich, in no society it is possible to all be rich. So even if everybody will kill to be succesful there will be poor people.
Socialism doesn't mean companies cannot make a profit, it just means that the people that work there are able to have a normal salary, and that their kids have the same chances in life.
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Already well aware of that, thanks :P See comments elsewhere in thread where I mention the proper mix of socialism and democracy. As a personal aside, I have spend most of my adult life working to make sure everybody gets their fair share and that everybody has a shot of doing something.

<--- Read the Communist Manifesto. Was in Greensboro North Carolina in 1979 in the month of November. I took a couple of bullets on that horrible day for the cause I believe in. Don't want to talk about it. I will only say that Neo-Nazi Skinheads and Klansman can go suck , er, wait, if I finish that it will get me canned. Never mind.

Apparently I am still angry after all these years. Go figure.