A Thought: On Comparing Apples to Tiny South African Marmots

I understand that one of the primary purposes of the news media has become to stir up controversy and dilute the truth so much that the American public is barely able to recognize fact from fiction, but there are some things that need to stop happening.  For one, they need to stop squaring off Capitalism with Socialism, as though they are diametrically opposed political concepts, for a few reasons.

First, Socialism is a political system and Capitalism is, despite all evidence to the contrary here in America, an economic system.  Here in the states, while our economic policy is Capitalist, in theory, we are, politically, a Republic.  It's impossible to compare Capitalism to Socialism, as they're in two completely separate categories.  I know, I know.  It's just a nice way of calling your political opponents Communists, which is definitely not the same thing as Socialism to anyone who has any idea what in the hell they're talking about except that...

Socialism as a political policy, as its enacted by most civilized countries worldwide, is actually beneficial to Capitalism as a fiscal one, and here's why.  Capitalism's driving principal, and one which we seem to have forgotten, is a form of mutually-beneficial selfishness.  In its purest form, corporations care for their workers, compensate them well and reward them for innovation, all of which drive productivity which in turn increases profits, allowing said businesses to invest further in their workers care, which perpetuates the Capitalistic cycle.  We've seen it work.  It's why the U.S. was the economic leader of the last century.

Socialism, then, removes the burden of caring for the workers from the business.  It does NOT take money from the rich and just give it to the poor in the hopes of making everyone equal.  That's Communism.  Instead, it provides for the basic needs of its citizenry, things like health care, education, etc., all of which improve productivity and, thereby, improve the nation's GNP.  Almost every other first world nation does this right along side voting and having their democratic process remain unassailed. 





So basically just...stop it, already.  Stop trying to scare people.  Stop trying to maintain a status quo that's dragging us down.  Tradition is a heavy weight to which we have chained ourselves and its time to bite the bullet, get with the rest of the world and care for America. 

Oh, and just so you know, if you do the math, taking away non-essential corporate subsidies and tax breaks alone would pay for every penny, and then some, of nearly every program that, under Capitalism, they're meant to be supporting but have long ago dropped the ball on, including universal healthcare.  Which means that the wealthy, the middle class and even the poor who live in fear of their taxes going up and take it out on the politicians should be directing their anger at those who are spending all that money they could be using to fix the country on keeping it the same: big business.