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Thinking and hearing about abusers. Especially child abusers. If I were face to face with one I would not be afraid to stab them in the heart.
@tobytigernavy2 Healthcare is not necessarily a socialist idea. It has been around since very long, way before Socialism. As for healthcare in the USA, why boast of it when the majority can't afford it?
@StateYourPoint Firstly I wasn’t boasting about America’s health care system. Second of all health care was invented in the 1920’s. This was almost a century after Karl Marx published his Communist Manifesto. And, a couple years after the Russian Revolution when the workers party started to come to power in Russia. Also, Health Care is the idea that money is shared to help those with less money to get the medical care they need. So yes, not only is health care a socialist policy in principle, it came into being after socialism was a well established idea and form of government.
@StateYourPoint Also, I just checked your profile and saw the quote by Karl Marx. It is amusing how fitting it is that you have the most commonly sited and misquoted quote of Karl Marx as we have this discussion. (I do not intend this to be an insult)(I just thought that was cool)
@tobytigernavy2 Then I'm afraid your definition of healthcare doesn't exist in the USA. You seem to have quite a unique definition of healthcare, the words "health" and "care" do not include anything about giving money to the poor for medical treatment.
@StateYourPoint For the last time, I am not against you on the point the health care in the U.S is practically fraudulent. Hospitals up prices on medical items, pills, etc just so they can turn to Health Care companies to provide “discounts”. Yes “health care” in the U.S sucks. But, by definition it is still technically health care. It is terrible, but by definition it is technically health care. We will fix it in the future to more so benefit the destitute. It may take time, but we will do it.
@tobytigernavy2 I am just trying to state that things in the USA and the world in general will not improve until there is a change of the Economic system.

EDIT: I think this is an interesting discussion. A team for these types of discussions should be made.
@StateYourPoint The main problems and inequities found in our world are caused namely by gated opportunities. People are not given access to resources and finances, etc. The main way to fix that is to focus on education. By focusing on education at least to start, so many problems will be solved. If we can provide access to a good education across the world, then the idea that ignorance is just as good as knowledge will be all but extinct. People will have the opportunity to pursue meaningful careers, not just minimum wage jobs or the military because they can’t get any other job because they are not skilled. Education will help lead to less hatred as the main cause of hatred and evil is ignorance and the exploitation of ignorance for power. A more educated society would also be able to see problems, and all come together to work towards the solution instead of slowing things down like anti-vaccination people do, flat Earther do, etc.

There is nothing inherently wrong with the economic system in the US. As long as there are systems in place to force the cycling of wealth (As our system does for the most part). Then there is no reason to fix it. It is the sources of income and job avenues, and opportunities that need to be fixed. Though it is possible that our system relies on there being a pyramid structure if wealth flows, so there will always be relatively poor people. Though if we can get the “poor” among us to live comfortable lives, filled with experiences like traveling the world, getting a good education, having the chance to explore hobbies and passions, etc. then we are succeeding as a society. It’s just like John Dalberg Alton once said “The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.” In this case the minorities doesn’t just refer to the socially oppressed, but also the economically oppressed.

P.S I am appreciating this as well, I don’t know if we want to create a team, but we can create another discussion board to continue this conversation. Or, start up new conversations.

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