09-26-2016, 11:05 AM
(09-26-2016, 02:25 AM)Galen Wrote: As for economic failure the worst seems to be North Korea, Cuba and, my personal favorite, Venezuela. Eric the Obtuse and his ilk are too fucking stupid to figure out that the MIC is a product of statism and big government. As for Clinton, his only concern was getting laid and so he went where the chicks were.North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela are basket cases, but they are also straw men; I don't know anyone from the "left" who sees those nations as ideal. Bernie Sanders and his ilk tend to point to countries like Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, nations that do have their issues but on the whole are prosperous and functioning well, despite having a robust set of government services (health care, parental leave, unemployment benefits, and the like).