Petah?

[u/Melodic_Judge_129]

[u/Own_Policy8854]

We could redistribute wealth to prevent it from pooling and creating economic disasters in the first place.

[u/rsneary129 → u/Own_Policy8854]

Capitalism: a system so great it needs to be bailed out every 10 years

Edit: for those of you who refuse to look anywhere outside the US, the Nordic model has existed for over 90 years and is extremely successful. The countries that use it consistently rank highest in happiness, quality of life, work life balance, has low rates of corruption, and are economically competitive

[u/parrote3 → u/rsneary129]

That’s… also capitalism. I like the model but it’s as much socialism as the fire department.

[u/InternationalLaw8660 → u/parrote3]

What isn't socialist about "fire department?"

Your taxes go towards funding the department, you have an emergency, they come save you.

Pretty straightforward; unless you live in one of those "unincorporated" hell-scapes where you have the option of donating to the volunteer department, and if you don't they don't have to help.

[u/BenjaminWah → u/InternationalLaw8660]

AND...fire departments are unionized and collectively bargain their contracts

[u/Gunmetalstorm → u/InternationalLaw8660]

Socialism is when the government does stuff. And it's more socialism the more stuff it does. And if it does a real lotta stuff, it's communism!

[u/jackpott443 → u/InternationalLaw8660]

That's... what they were saying.