TheRobotLives wrote:
1. Socialists want to take away freedoms (e.g., Sanders wants to eliminate private health insurance).
2. Soldiers are celebrated for fighting and dying, so Americans can have individual freedoms.
3. So, Socialism is a great enemy.
Proud to be an America -- where I am free -- proud of those who died to give me that freedom
You Americans talk so much about your "freedom". Does that freedom include being free to have life without being bound to an employer (if you're a worker) or not to be bound by the consumers (if you're the employer)?
I mean, for me true liberty is actual de-facto freedom, the freedom to choose not to work, if you don't want to, yet still enjoy the benefits of having a life, a roof over your head, clean water, electricity and other necessities of life.
As long as you don't have that liberty, you're not free.
Some have that freedom, but they've come to alot of money without the need to work. I want to extend that that freedom to EVERY citizen, EVERY human being on the entire planet!
Also, you Americans still have conscription (you still have to register in case of the government deciding to enforce conscription). That means you have the potential for work-duty.
There are many forms of socialism, and I advocate democratic or liberal socialism. That's socialism without conscription, without coercion and without work duty of any sort. You're also free to express your opinions and you're free to have a private health insurance, if you don't think the public health insurance is enough for you.
You're also free to own your own company, hire workers and earn profit, so long as you pay your taxes. Taxation is the only duty in my socialist utopia. And if you don't want to pay taxes, you can rely on your UBI (Unconditional Basic Income), it's just that you might feel it's not enough money for what you want, but you can still live a good and healthy life without the need to comply with all sorts of duties.
Soviet-socialism (Communism) is a bad thing. I'm not advocating this, because soviet-communist states, like China, Cuba, North Korea etc. all have conscription and work duty enforced by law.
That's not freedom.
Social-Democracy (NOT the same as democratic socialism) is as bad as Communism.