Would Motown Have Happened Under Socialism??

[Circa 1824]

Socialism take people’s money and gives it to total strangers.

[soulwally]

Socialism take people’s money and gives it to total strangers.

Man that's deep. And wrong too

[PeaceNHarmony]

Man that's deep. And wrong too

Right?? Actually the GOP takes people's money and gives it to major corporations and wealthy individuals while pretending to 'shiv a git' about, as djt sez, 'the poorly educated'.

[fatmaninthethirdrow]

Socialism take people’s money and gives it to total strangers.

Dont overlook the fact that here in the UK we suffered the dead hand of socialism from 1964 through 1970....Motown's Golden Years.

Thank goodness That Motown Sound was around to keep us happy.

And until the Socialists banned our beloved free Radio in 1967, we had the offshore pirate ships to play us soul goodies from the US.

BTW if you Yanks think Biden is a socialist, you are living on a different planet! So get out and vote for him and restore some sanity to US Government.

[PeaceNHarmony]

Dont overlook the fact that here in the UK we suffered the dead hand of socialism from 1964 through 1970....Motown's Golden Years.

Thank goodness That Motown Sound was around to keep us happy.

And until the Socialists banned our beloved free Radio in 1967, we had the offshore pirate ships to play us soul goodies from the US.

BTW if you Yanks think Biden is a socialist, you are living on a different planet! So get out and vote for him and restore some sanity to US Government.

I can only hope. 5-6 years ago none of the people who are in hysterics right now about SOCIALISM ever even heard of it; it just became a GOP rallying cry after Bernie Sanders became popular.

[robb_k]

Dont overlook the fact that here in the UK we suffered the dead hand of socialism from 1964 through 1970....Motown's Golden Years.

Thank goodness That Motown Sound was around to keep us happy.

And until the Socialists banned our beloved free Radio in 1967, we had the offshore pirate ships to play us soul goodies from the US.

BTW if you Yanks think Biden is a socialist, you are living on a different planet! So get out and vote for him and restore some sanity to US Government.

THEY DOOOOOOO! That's precisely why they voted Trump back into power for another 4 years!

They are very afraid of the Socialists [[who they think are all Communists) who will take away all their money and make sure everyone will get affordable health care, and a decent level of education, and enough healthy food to stay alive, and have a roof over their heads and clothes to wear. They are afraid that there is not enough to go around, and by golly, they're going to keep all they earn, and not let big government take it away from them. Sickness to the extreme.

[robb_k]

Socialism take people’s money and gives it to total strangers.

US current capitalism takes away money from the hard-working main-portion of the population, and hands it to billionaires. So, to most people the difference between that and, say, Scandinavian socialism, doesn't matter a lot. Right now, during the Covid-19 pandemic, the average 60+ year old person is a LOT better off for getting needed medical care, and in a much healthier environment in socialist Denmark and Sweden than they are in USA. And I dare say they also are in "Capitalism with a heart" Canada. The Netherlands and Germany are also somewhat in the "Capitalism with a heart" group, and I'd also take my chances in those places rather than USA [[which doesn't believe in science anymore, because The Billionaires who run things there, don't want the people to learn the truth, because it makes them look bad, and worse, they're afraid they might rise up and try to overthrow them).

There have always been greedy people that want A LOT more than they need, at the expense of all the others. They will do that in ANY social system with population above a small village level. The differences in those situations are how much the people in power want to take for themselves and how much they leave for the rest. The best countries see the benefit of having their people have enough for basic security, decent health, everyone has access to a decent education [[so upward mobility is possible for all people who learn what they need to know and work hard). USA no longer provides all these things to the bulk of its population, and their leaders are stubbornly trying to hold on to a way of life that is well on the way to ruining The World for all its large animals, and much of its plant life, just because they want power, luxury, and an easy way of life for themselves and their families right now. It is very selfish. And they use the media to foster similar values among the masses, so the people wont protest and rise up.

So, oldies like me might well die of Covid-19, just because some people don't want other people telling them to wear a mask. And they don't want people telling them they can't have their guns, and can't burn fossil fuels.

Sorry for being such a downer, but, if this sick system, with half the country not caring if the other half gets decent medical care, is a system to be admired, and people would rather fight their fellow citizens who think differently, rather than ever accepting a single provider medical system, then The World has gone mad. I'd rather live in a country where a fair amount of taxes are taken away from me, but I get value back for them in a decent environment, and not everyone is running around carrying guns and shooting people because they disagree, and my kids can actually afford to attend university, and everyone can have a decent place to live and enough healthy food to eat.

A little socialism is better than not caring one bit about other people who live among you, and having sick and starving, and ignorant people all over the place, and hatred and ill will and resulting violence.

I'll probably get banned for this. I'm just bothered by how things are going, and angry that I'm stuck here for I don't know how long. It's been almost a year already, and I dare not go out into public [[especially airport waiting rooms or an airplane) until The Virus is under a good level of control, or I can get a vaccination.

I'm with you Jobete Rob! [[If only that were true!)-and I had stayed at my sister's house in Winnipeg, instead of going on to visit my other sister in L.A.!)

Do what you will with my membership, Ralph.