Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

There is a survey out that is taking the point of view that socialism is not just bad but one of the worst things to ever happen. Terms like Marxis and all that sort of thing are thrown in just to make it sound worse than it really is.
The viewpoint is that nothing good comes from socialism and yet we have social security that takes care of a lot of people in this country that would have nothing without it. Why, because big business likes to keep profits high and wages low and the little guy at the bottom can fend the best he can. Beyond that corporations would still take the position that if you can not work you have no need to live.
Many countries across Europe have social medicine, education, and a social attitude toward all the citizens of their nation. No one goes hungry or sleeps in the street, older people have free transport on public buses and trains, help with rent and utilities and all seem to be very content with the situation.
Our system puts personal wealth and power before humanity. There are no limits on what the rich and powerful can get away with and it is okay to use others to fill the voids or pay the price for whatever comes.
Are there short falls with socialist systems, of course just as there are with any system. The right has no more lock on what is good or evil than the left. As mentioned before many believe religion is an answer to problems and it is just another problem to add to a problem.
The ideal mix may never be achieved but liberal and conservative have parts to play in the program that keeps our world moving along. Balance is the issue that needs to be addressed not panic and fear that the sky will fall if a bit more of this is applied than a bit more of that. Nothing is in balance at present, everywhere we look we have discord. War, fighting, decisions being made for no reason other than it is counter to what others see as reasonable, and out and out stupidity being the watchword on a constant basis.
We have cycled through some really major events and attitudes. People became politically correct, whatever that was, and then we did away with violent cartoons only to replace American made ones with Japanese made ones that are even more violent. How we spoke in classrooms and address gender issues and the list goes on with one group saying understand and the other saying it is against God’s will.
The problem is that neither side of this debate will open a window to attempt to understand anything because if they do they may actually listen and learn something, God forbid, It is very possible that both sides of this debate will rot in hell for a very long time before they ever get around to discussing it.