billbatard

No society is pure capitalism or pure socialism none not even North Korea some where in that sad land some one is selling something on the black market at risk to life and limb , even in Hong Kong the state provides pensions and has a role in the health care system

All societies are a combination of state and private . In the 60s France had a state sector bigger than present day china has and did very very well over a thirty year period with that model   https://eserve.org.uk/tmc/contem/trente1.htm Nordics are market based but they do have many Socialistic aspects http://mattbruenig.com/2017/07/28/nordic-socialism-is-realer-than-you-think/

Science has studied the gun issue and finds regulation helps reduce violence, I accept this because I understand how the Scientific method works, it is objective and careful , if it make s a mistake it tests again and again, and Scientist strike me as much more objective about the subject than a bunch of uneducated yahoos and gun manufactures who are basically no different than drug dealers  https://www.businessinsider.com/science-of-gun-control-what-works-2018-2

let the bodies hit the floor

I'm just wondering how obvious my insanity is, my saving grace is crazy people do not know they are crazy, I know I am crazy, so I'm not crazy.. or am I?

i hate football the only way you'd get me to watch is if there were an orgy during halftime

to be honest i  think Trump is dirty as hell he is a tax cheat their is credible evidence he is a child rapist cheats people at business by  declaring bankruptcy, he colluded with Russia and the only reason there is no evidence is he has his crooked Republocrats cover up for him and the Democrats are a clown car full of incompetant demogogues sure Hillary is corrupt as hell but no where as dangerous as Trump is to our society, i think the ukraine thing stinks to high hell but the democrats are so divided corrupt and incompetant they may blow even this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKGwGAHznFQ   with a little luck

crime might not be worse in the usa than say the uk or canada, even violent crime, people do get mugged and punched in the face, what is unique about America is the frequency of death and serious injury caused by fire arms, they make serious crimes deadly crimes

Huey long did much more good than harm for the common folk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMUx4AQl5tI

https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/this-is-how-the-us-military-would-put-down-an-armed-rebellionPrecedents for fighting an insurrection

Benson and Weber cite Abraham Lincoln's executive actions during the Civil War and Dwight Eisenhower's 1957 intervention in Little Rock, Arkansas as precedents for the executive use of force in crushing a rebellion. The President would be able to mobilize the military and Department of Homeland Security to recapture a secessionist city and restore the elected government.
The government would invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 to form a response.

From Title 10 US Code the President may use the militia or Armed Forces to:

§ 331 – Suppress an insurrection against a State government at the request of the Legislature or, if not in session, the Governor.
§ 332 – Suppress unlawful obstruction or rebellion against the U.S.
§ 333 – Suppress insurrection or domestic violence if it (1) hinders the execution of the laws to the extent that a part or class of citizens are deprived of Constitutional rights and the State is unable or refuses to protect those rights or (2) obstructs the execution of any Federal law or impedes the course of justice under Federal laws.)

The Insurrection Act governs the roles of the military, local law enforcement, and civilian leadership inside the U.S. as this type of scenario plays 

Suicide rates and drug abuse are so rampant Americans life spans are shrinking while other nations keep going up, how can such a society be healthy in any way? https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/09/us-life-expectancy-has-been-declining-heres-why.html

Is the vape crisis real? i think it might be or is it just another way for them to control us ?https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/health-care/article234922287.html?

they are now saying long ago we were visited by little green men , i try to keep an open mind what do others think? https://start.att.net/news/read/article/business_insider-alien_civilizations_may_have_explored_the_galaxy_a-newscred2/category/news

Studies show that people that life in welfare states like Denmark or Germany are happier and live bette lives and many people equate welfare spending with socialism though most welfare states were designed by liberals and implemented by conservatives to blunt the appeal of socialist ideology, but the welfare state version of capitalism works 

Look maybe I shouldn't call myself a Socialist, i DID THAT  at first because every time i suggested some moderately progressive policy, i got accused of being a Socialist or a communist. When I said okay but look at the Nordic nations , they have the policies I endorse and they thrive. I got reminded they weren't Socialist at all they were very market friendly in many ways more than we are . So I said okay lets go with those policies. I got reminded that those policies were "socialistic' . Do you see the mind f*(k going on here? I mean come on! What a stupid game, and I feel for it!@!! 

So okay maybe we cant be Western Europe either, but could we at least try for Canada? I think thats doable .

Will the ideal society look like Denmark ,Switzerland , or Singapore ? Is small better, or must big government be contained in small states?