The word you are looking for is authoritarianism because.................. -- Chuck Taylor 07/08/2019 11:31AM
That democratic foundation disappears when everyone relies on govt -- HokieDan95 07/08/2019 12:24PM
Wow! Sun Rand is alive, well & posting as HooDan. Hoo knew? ** -- WaxHoo 07/08/2019 12:49PM
It does? Maybe you can come with an example that meets your scenario,...... -- Chuck Taylor 07/08/2019 12:30PM
Venezuela works as an example of that. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/08/2019 12:48PM
No. Obviously wealth alone was not sufficient to avoid a slide into........ -- Chuck Taylor 07/08/2019 3:29PM
I basically agree, yet, a similar phenomenon allowed Trump to come to power -- hoolstoptheheels 07/08/2019 4:01PM
Yes on Venezuela ** -- HokieDan95 07/08/2019 1:02PM
Not really, except in the sense that the government owns the company that -- Seattle .Hoo 07/08/2019 12:55PM
On a weighted basis, I don't think anything matters to Venezuela other -- hoolstoptheheels 07/08/2019 1:17PM
I don't think it is that simple. Perhaps go back and look at Chavez's rise -- Seattle .Hoo 07/08/2019 1:23PM
It's definitely not that simple. Life was not hunky dory for everyone in -- hoolstoptheheels 07/08/2019 1:37PM
There are tons of similarities. Why I referenced "How Democracies Die." ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/08/2019 1:40PM
Yes poor management, something endemic to socialism, the govt doesn't know -- HokieDan95 07/08/2019 1:07PM
AIG says hello. They went out of business, current appearances to the -- hoolstoptheheels 07/08/2019 1:22PM
Agreed on big bureaucracies & gubmint is the ultimate big bureaucracy** -- HokieDan95 07/08/2019 1:25PM
Too simple Dan. The answer isn't "all govt" or "no govt". -- hoolstoptheheels 07/08/2019 1:39PM
Didn't mean to make it sound like all or nothing. Just that this country -- HokieDan95 07/08/2019 1:53PM
Yeah, we all know how well big corporations are run. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/08/2019 1:15PM
Yes we do and i have far more choices when dealing w/ corporate businesses ** -- HokieDan95 07/08/2019 1:21PM
In 2008, we didn't have too many choices. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/08/2019 1:29PM
So let's let them run government services, right? Like maybe prisons? Or -- Seattle .Hoo 07/08/2019 1:27PM
Got news for you, corporations make all the the stuff you use every day ** -- HokieDan95 07/08/2019 1:41PM
Or small businesses. As they should. Nobody wants government owning the -- Seattle .Hoo 07/08/2019 1:48PM
I have no love for subsidies and bail outs. The DC establishment -- HokieDan95 07/08/2019 2:12PM
I supported the bail outs. The opposite would've been catastrophic. They -- Seattle .Hoo 07/08/2019 2:30PM
Again I do think it’s authoritarianism that’s the problem ** -- 111Balz 07/08/2019 12:55PM
It always is. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 07/08/2019 1:07PM
"because of"? no, socialism is a tool of control ** -- HokieDan95 07/08/2019 12:34PM
Give some examples of what you mean by that. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/08/2019 12:35PM
I agree. I will never embrace socialism as a governing system. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/08/2019 12:12PM
Well documented in the book "How Democracies Die." ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/08/2019 11:33AM