Without rule of law, a free press and democracy their are no checks to ensure the honesty of a bureaucracy or government. 2008 crisis Cause 1) deregulation of banking sector enacted by Bill Clinton 2) government backed lending to poor credit risks - NINJAS.
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Replying to @simon_enefer @KEEMSTAR and
Many Leninist states are more “democratic” than the United States (not China though), but I don’t recognize either as a fully legitimate form of democracy. They have de facto ruling classes. I’m strongly supportive of a free press, strongly opposed to banks & the housing market.
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Replying to @OhNoIts2016 @KEEMSTAR and
1. Which Leninist states are more democratic than the US? Elites will always exist. What matters is how they gain power, can they lose it, and is access to the elite limited by birth etc, and not merit.
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Replying to @simon_enefer @KEEMSTAR and
Cuba, Laos, USSR until Stalin, and many defunct states
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Replying to @mediocre_danny @KEEMSTAR and
Prior to Stalin is questionable, though Russia was recovering from WW1.
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Replying to @simon_enefer @KEEMSTAR and
Again, I’m not saying it was a real democracy, but it had a slightly more valid claim to democratic rule than the U.S. government does now
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Replying to @mediocre_danny @simon_enefer and
In that they were “popular” for the most part, while holding elections with a similar rate of disenfranchisement
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Replying to @mediocre_danny @KEEMSTAR and
What we have isn't perfect and can be improved but, at least for now is better than anywhere else. How many people are smuggling themselves into North Korea or Venezuela?
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Replying to @simon_enefer @KEEMSTAR and
North Korea and Venezuela were third-world countries BEFORE they tried “socialism.” We don’t fully know how NK is being run, but Venezuela didn’t even come *close* to socialism, despite Chavez’ best efforts. He only got 20% of the way there.
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Replying to @mediocre_danny @KEEMSTAR and
Socialism never works, it runs out of money and then the right spend a decade fixing the damage. Communism is worse, because when they run out money/resources they maintain their power by force.
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What does money have to do with socialism? Communism is stateless. “Communist Parties” don’t claim to practice communism, they claim to practice socialism in the *pursuit* of communism.
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