North Korea, Venezuela, the USSR during the Cold War, East Germany, heck even China (I know on good authority) all have had people flee and many of the above nations had to put up literal barriers to try and stop the fleeing.
……why? Isn’t socialism supposed to be the end-means ultimate utopian model society that all should strive for proudly? Why would anyone want to flee that for the “evil dregs” of capitalism?
Help me make sense of this.
The US is capitalist?
I mean, we worship the almighty dollar.
Which is awesome!
Capitalists worship the almighty profit. The dollar is just a tool for trade. They really aren’t the same thing.
People want to be rich because of what they think they can do with the money, not for the money itself. Anyway, that doesn’t make America a capitalist country.
Maybe it’s not, but the US is awesome and the best country in the world. Which is why so many people wanna come here. Also, just know that Lemmy is gonna really really hate you if you don’t automatically think the US is capitalist and totally evil. lol
Well especially in the countries you mentioned, folks come here because there’s a high social floor compared to back home and it’s relatively easy to get in because we do our agriculture in-house. That doesn’t describe a capitalist nation and it doesn’t mean there’s anything special about America. America is as capitalist as China is socialist.
Good points. Oh man, Lemmy is def not gonna like you. Prepare yourself! lol
Why did you come to the internet? What’s your reason for being here?
I like it here. I’m not disagreeing with you, I am just pointing out that since you are going against the majority Lemmy groupthink, that you may get some pushback.
I’m all for pushing back against Lemmy groupthink tho, so I don’t have an issue with you. :)
Why did you come here though in the first place? What do you do other than post ragebait about US politics?
What makes you think I am ragebaiting? So because I post something you don’t agree with, it’s ragebait? So did Trump get voted in as president as ragebait? OR maybe, just maybe, people think and believe differently than you.
Do you think alternative political voices should be silenced?
How an it be “ragebait” if I posted a conservative-themed question to a conservative-themed community?! If you are here, and you’re not conservative and posting stuff, wouldn’t it be you who is playing the ragebait game?
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So the answer is yes, you came here to have endless pointless arguments. When do you leave?