Things you dislike about your country.

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I see that in this cutthroat society, based on a "greed is good" philosophy, unlimited profit seeking, selfishness, fraud and greediness for money dominates everywhere. Money is absolutely the bottom line for everything. In America, the rich are truly rich and the poor are hopelessly poor. In my opinion, the United States today has the most advanced system of private tyranny. Private corporations have enormous power in this country and they take advantage of an apparently legal slave labor, terribly exploiting the working class people. Corporate bosses earn millions while workers struggle to survive without living wages. From my point of view, the majority of jobs here today are still extremely exploitative. The U.S. minimum wage is ridiculous. Working for $5 an hour is slavery and nothing else. Therefore, poor people and homeless people make up a significant portion of the population in this country. Millions of hard-working Americans live permanently at the edge of poverty. There is no doubt that economic injustice is the most important issue of today's America. The rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, and all the people in the middle are just falling down. I see that people in this society are secondary to corporate power and profits. Freedom for market dominates over freedom for people. In fact, at least 80 percent of Americans are simply robbed by this exploiting system. I've noticed how American corporate propaganda always surely emphasizes that in European countries - "welfare states"- people have to pay a much higher taxes. In fact, taxes in most of Western Europe, even in Scandinavia, are just slightly higher than an average 34 percent of income Americans pay. The main thing is what people receive in return for their taxes. In European social- democracies everybody has a "cradle-to-grave" comfortable feeling of security and care. Question: What are citizens of this country getting for their tax dollars? Answer: Next to nothing! People's taxes support armament instead of basic human needs here.

But, to get at things I dislike about my country:



American culture is also very bland and prudish. People are overly obsessed with their careers, and with their sports teams. Americans spend their lives working and consuming. There is nothing else to them. Americans are nothing but empty, hollow shells.

Do you regard yourself as "fascist?"

I regard myself as patriot but that equates to fascism on this forum so whatever........

American culture is also very bland and prudish. People are overly obsessed with their careers, and with their sports teams. Americans spend their lives working and consuming. There is nothing else to them. Americans are nothing but empty, hollow shells.

How would you distinguish this from Fascists in other countries? For example, Franco's Spain, Mussolini's Italy, Hitler's Germany, or various South American dictators?

Is the difference one of terminology only? When referring to Americans who hold these values, are they exclusively to be called "Patriots?" And, the term "Fascist" would apply only to people in other countries who hold the same set of values? Or, are the terms completely interchangeable regardless of nationality?

How would you distinguish this from Fascists in other countries? For example, Franco's Spain, Mussolini's Italy, Hitler's Germany, or various South American dictators?

That's easy; I won't bother to distinguish it...........

It's clear that is because there isn't an exact way to distinguish it.

That's easy! We have constitutional safeguards that they either never had or they discarded. Just because Raptor listed something as a social problem does not mean that it can be fixed directly by government, and in some cases making an attempt to directly or indirectly fix it can make matters worse than the original problem. That is nothing new in politics.

Most of the biggest free speech fanatics are liberal. Those that want free speech and protections against any curbs on religion are usually conservative or libertarian.

It would be far better to urge them to vote for a third party candidate than to urge them not to vote at all.

No, I don't like any of the third parties. It is the whole entire system that needs to be rejected, which means 0 citizens voting.

I was thinking that word would describe him rather well, too. And I don't throw it around lightly, because most people misuse it.