Venezuela prepares for war with u.s. With ‘rifles, missiles and well-oiled tanks...

[Zaroku]

I'm really convinced the world is ending.

These are the last days....read the bible, it is very accurate about the end times.

[GhostofDempsey]

Haiti is a ****hole, is it that way because of capitalism?

Haiti is still looking for all those hospitals that were supposed to be built with Clinton Foundation funds.

[JimRaynor]

Hahahaha....what people don't know is that Russia and America been fighting a proxy war since the imminence of a cold war threat dissipated. Notice they never back the same people simultaneously? They always seem to fall on the opposite sides. Donald Trump, apparently, wasn't aware of this until he went into office. Congress had to set him straight. Shows you how oblivious and naive Trump is.

Literally just about everything Obama said in that video concerning foreign policy turned out to be severely wrong.

Every leader thinks they could do business with Russia, that is until Russia smacks them across the face with some sort of destabilizing act that shakes the foundation of business as usual.

You are right though, USA and Russia are constantly and consistently opposed on each matter. They were during the Cold War and they are today.

[JimRaynor]

Sanders is in favour of a Scandinavian system, those countries aren't doing too bad.

The Scandinavian system is ****. No American is looking to pay 55% in income tax, 25% in sales tax, $8 for a gallon of gas, and $60k for a ****ty honda civic.

[BrometheusBob.]

Haiti is a ****hole, is it that way because of capitalism?

Shhh

We're only allowed to talk capitalism when it works and socialism when it fails here in the lounge

[Hype job]

Considering we pay for their national defense, they better be.

If it's so good, why aren't Americans flocking there?

Probably because they can't afford it.

[Hype job]

The Scandinavian system is ****. No American is looking to pay 55% in income tax, 25% in sales tax, $8 for a gallon of gas, and $60k for a ****ty honda civic.

Depends, they get more time off, fewer hours, more worker protections, less stress etc.

Compared to the average American worker they have a higher standard of living.

[Hype job]

They didn't have free market capitalism. They were an oppressive dictatorship for decades upon decades.

Try again.

Well they do now. So does Bangladesh, Pakistan and India. All poor countries, all capitalist.

[Hype job]

Shhh

We're only allowed to talk capitalism when it works and socialism when it fails here in the lounge

True, the defenders of Capitalism do the exact thing they accuse socialists of doing when people cite capitalist countries that are ****. They claim it's not capitalism where it fails, but any socialist country that fails is automatically an indictment of socialism.

[JimRaynor]

Depends, they get more time off, fewer hours, more worker protections, less stress etc.

Compared to the average American worker they have a higher standard of living.

Not this again,

Compared to an average American worker they absolutely do not have a higher standard of living, especially materially.

What worker rights do Europeans have that Americans don't?

Fewer hours, means less money, what is the required maximum a European can work?

I'll give you that they probably have less stress.