re: OT-: Let's Talk Socialism

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The Klan. Jim crow. Those arent conservative/republican/libertarian ideas. Shame on you for rewriting history.

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While they aren't originally Republican and certainly are not libertarian, they most assuredly are conservative.

Give me a break on the whole "Democrats started them". It's so tired and lazy. All those people are now Republicans. That process started after Johnson (a Democrat) ended Jim Crow with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. And that process finally concluded in 1994 when the last Dixiecrats finally switched parties.

I mean, there is a reason why Tim Scott is literally the only Republican Congressman who is black.

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Where is the federal government better than the private sector in our lives?

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It's really a fundamental question about whether you believe every moment of our lives should be geared toward generating short-term monetary profits. The argument goes that certain areas of our life are too important to be monetized for shareholders, be it education, healthcare, national defense, conservation, or something else. Having worked in the public and private sector, I can't really tell a difference in the quality of work by employees. The big difference, however, is in quality of leadership. If we elected better leaders, regardless of party, then government would work better for us. Saying that our government sucks is really nothing more than a self-indictment.

But to answer your question, the military, for one. I don't want a bunch of mercenaries representing the U.S. who were too fat or too stupid to get into the military, but want to be a part of the "thank you for your service culture." And there are plenty of powerful folks salivating to dismantle our military because if given the opportunity to own a mercenary company, it will make them a fortune on the back of American taxpayers.