PrettyVacant wrote: ↑14 Sep 2020 05:16
solution wrote: ↑13 Sep 2020 18:08
Другое дело что Горбачёв мог бе поступить по-другому решив проблемы и не разрушая Союз.
Можно ли было сделать по-другому сохранив социализм и Союз?
Китайцам повезло с Дэн Сяопином, а нам достались Меченый и кадровый алкаш Ельцин. Вот и спорь по поводу роли личности в истории.
Ответ демократам:
Hello ,
You wrote:
"I think it's fair to say that Biden/Democrats are pushing us more towards socialism, and I'm not generally in favor of that. Any shifts in that direction are reversible,..”
Most likely you are familiar with the recent history of Venezuela. It was the richest developed country in Latin America. People voted for socialism because they thought that they would get some free stuff.
The result? There is a dictator running Venezuela who abrogated the former Venezuelan constitution who will NOT surrender power. And, there is NO “reversal” possible.
Since the dictator took over, millions of people have left Venezuela. A large portion of the remaining population is starving and has no medical care.
You wrote:
“However rich the Soviet Union was during its disastrous experiment in socialism, the United States today is vastly richer, is it not?”
While I was living in Russia, people worked hard, and Russia was a rich country with a lot of satellite republics - and it still could not afford socialism.
America would not be different.
Socialism leads to total government control, higher taxes, Business operators and corporations will take their businesses, their jobs, and their wealth out of the USA and move to more business-friendly environs. The US debt is already more than $25 Trillion dollars. One more shot of Socialist insanity and America will cease to exist.
It is not an immediate process. But Socialism would make a big hole in the budget even bigger.
Homelessness grown up pretty quickly.
But the American left sees socialism as an opportunity to take power and redistribute wealth by taking from people who work for a living and “sharing” their private property and funds with EVERYONE, including illegal aliens, criminals and just lazy. And, they want to pay reparations for something that happened in the USA 200 years ago for which we are not responsible.
If you vote for Joe Biden, Insurrectionist criminals and terrorist organizations like Antifa, Black Lives Matters, CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations), and AOC & the Jihad Squad will be running America. Our constitutional rights to own private property and object to unlawful government activity will cease to exist. Our personal savings will be drained by extremely high taxes. Our vote will be diluted by millions of illegal aliens. Illegal drugs and crime will run rampant. And, we could not protect ourselves – no more police to call in an emergency.
Is that the future you want for your children and grandchildren?
You wrote earlier:
“ I'm worried the effects of Trump's presidency on American democracy may be irreversible or at least last for decades. In my opinion he has permanently tarnished the office of the President and America's position as a world leader.”
Yes, I am worried about it as well.
But I am a lot more worried that if Joe Biden becomes president, the America that I know and love would cease to exist; and, there would be no protection any kind.