re: What is your definition of socialism? And why or why not is it an effective system?

Lol. I as left-wing as allowed in the current US political climate. But I think our tax system is mostly fine barring the tax evasion that’s allowed for rich people. The biggest issue is where our tax money goes.

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I’ve scrolled past the word “incentive” too many times

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Then perhaps quit scrolling past and spend some time thinking about what it means.

Incentives drive all of human behavior. Our entire existence is dominated by competing incentives and our ability to navigate them for the maximum beneficial effect as prioritized by ourselves.

Socialism predicates the success of entire societies on inverted incentive structures. The population is expected to prioritize everyone else above themselves and their family. It’s only ever effective in so far as the state has sufficient apparatus to compel this behavior by force, and even then, only partially.

Equality. It sounds good on the surface but it will eventually cut out the middle class and leave two classes. We who are outside the bubble will be poor and you will have those inside the bubble that will own everything. We are heading that way in a rapid pace since COVID.

Quality
Affordability
Universality

Pick 2

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but its the access the healthcare

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You can walk into any non-profit hospital ER and the taxpayer will pick up the tab.

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But I think our tax system is mostly fine barring the tax evasion that’s allowed for rich people.

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Extreme leftist = Doesn't understand economics.

Rich people pay most of the taxes btw.

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and don't get much under US system

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You don’t get much? Jesus you people, what are you not getting. You can get a MRI, biopsy, or surgery tomorrow. Walk in any office and get it done. You can go to the most prestigious hospitals in the world where royalty from around the world come for treatment.

The grass always looks greener.

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But has it worked for everyone? 

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You do realize that there are millions of dysfunctional people right? They are poor by their own hand. Poor choices lead to poor outcomes.

And the people I talked to said you might as well see a veterinarian and the female doctors have to be prostitutes for the tourists on their off days because they make more servicing Canadian dongs than medical services.