PeterS wrote:
And they wonder why Socialism exists...
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Yours Pete is an irony of success. No wonder why c*******m like NK, Socialism, and Dictatorship like Venezuela, many South and Central American countries, Cuba, and many parts in Africa, are loaded with miseries, poverty, for their people. Their country's economic system and form of government are toxin to their people and world.Here is the beauty of Capitalism.
America became the richest and most powerful country in the world since its founding.
It was because of that God given gifts of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness provided to us by our Founders during the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Here is an excerpt of that. “We hold these t***hs to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. -That to secure these rights, Government are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”As a result, men became ambitious to achieve such unlimited potentials that they were given by God as a Christian nation. They worked hard, and delivered the best abilities that they could imagine as they move forward with various achievements both in their mental abilities and their physical prowess.
The brilliant settlers have empowered the coming immigrants from most parts of the world, first from Europe, and many countries of Asia. They brought their talents, hard works, and innovations that created wealth and advanced education and science for our country.
In addition, their faith in God empowered them to strive, rewarded with success. So many became inventors of modern machines, facilities, and was able to spread the knowledge to most people via books, schools thru our educational system, magazines, and various outlets of literature.
The endless quest for knowledge of the people have also rewarded them with the best technology that advanced our ways of life, and our advanced military powers over other countries.
Banking and Capitalism provided unlimited resources of capital for all ambitious people to engage in all kinds of business activities that enriched our country to the most successful and most generous country in the world.Now almost all people want to come to the US, via all means, legally, and now millions illegally. This is due to our capitalistic system, that provide freedom for the people to invest, work hard, and innovate, then reap success.
They very tiny country of Israel is the most successful country in the Middle East due to its Capitalistic system and their faith in God.
Whereas, other countries do not have the same freedom that we all enjoy in the United States. Though currently, many countries have followed the US Capitalistic system which they now succeed as well, like China, Japan, SK, the Philippines, and other countries in Asia, in Europe, Canada, and Australia.