Strycker wrote:
Yes it can. My point was that Biden nor Clinton are "free market capitalist". They are crony capitalists and Kleptocrats.
Well, a lot of free-market advocates are... I don't know if Biden or Clinton are... crony capitalism and kleptocracy are usually hidden from public view. Do you have any evidence?
Strycker wrote:
The USA is no longer a free market capitalist society nor is it the Constitutional Republic that it was originally designed to be.
OK, just alone is a LOT to unpack.
First of all, the USA isn't ANY kind of market, the USA is a republic, so let's start with that. Yes, it *is* a constitutional republic; it HAS been since 1789 and remains so today. But is it specifically the constitutional republic that it was originally designed to be? Again, yes it is. The founders designed the republic, specifically to adapt to the times, which is exactly what it did. That's why we have a legislative body and a constitution that we can amend. Sorry, you don't like all the changes... Get over it.
Second of all, the free market is a global entity which our republic, the USA, allows us to participate in. That's how THAT works. Granted it's not entirely "free" because every government in the world that allows it's people to participate is also applying restrictions, including our own. Probably the most blatant restrictions in recent history are Trump's trade tariffs, which are taxes that Trump raised on imports in an effort to manipulate the free market.
You can't get all binary on this stuff... The markets are far too complicated to say, it's one type or another. The fact is, the "free market" is more of an advocacy to push back on regulations like Trump's tariffs. Even the political alliances that support the free-market, such as the G20, consist of world leaders telling others to limit regulations while they impose regulations of their own.
Strycker wrote:
It is a central government highly regulated liberal socialist society with the illusion of a democracy (ie: socialism where the means of production is controlled through regulation) and we are ruled by crony capitalist kleptocratic politicians.
Well, there's some small traces of t***h in there... yes, we are a liberal society in the sense that we don't have as many restrictions as a more authoritarian society like Iran. Yes, there is a fair amount of socialism in our system as there is most modern developed nations today. BTW, socialism is a means of production controlled by the PEOPLE, sometimes referred to as the PUBLIC. If you prefer to call it a system controlled by regulation, that's fine because ultimately, the regulations are imposed by politicians that are elected by the PEOPLE.
The democracy is real. Yes, it has issues with many citizens being cut off by v**er suppression laws and there is always a small measure of fraud. We also have weird distortions like the E*******l College but ultimately, our representatives are still being elected by American citizens. Many citizens h**e losing and tend to get immature about it, swearing that democracy is an illusion everytime they lose. But our democracy is not an illusion we just have sore losers that say it is.