tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post7816704664517641778..comments2024-03-22T19:52:46.571+00:00Comments on SOCIALISM OR YOUR MONEY BACK: US Inequality HurtsPoetry Coalshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514953133244910986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post-65626559253022209782018-06-19T20:48:46.517+00:002018-06-19T20:48:46.517+00:00These economic statistics, together with the many ...These economic statistics, together with the many other social and economic statistics of the United States – the highest per capita prison population in the world, the highest number of people shot dead by police, the highest amount of military spending (more than the next 10 countries put together) the highest number of drug addicts, the highest number of children shot dead in schools, the highest number of military bases abroad (800 + The next highest is France with 10. China has one.) the highest number of obese people, the country which has engaged in the highest number of military conflicts (201 out of the 228 since WWII) and so on – demonstrates beyond doubt the validity of the claim to ‘United States Exceptionalism’; but not in the way that the nationalist pundits would like to think. The United States has for a very long time been a rogue state. It is headed towards a failed state unless it manages to reverse some of these exceptional statistics. Ever more rampant capitalism will not. Socialism could!Tim Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116571614638026642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post-1342208211163753582018-06-18T18:22:50.479+00:002018-06-18T18:22:50.479+00:00These economic statistics, together with the many ...These economic statistics, together with the many other social and economic statistics of the United States – the highest per capita prison population in the world, the highest number of people shot dead by police, the highest amount of military spending (more than the next 10 countries put together) the highest number of drug addicts, the highest number of children shot dead in schools, the highest number of military bases abroad (800 + The next highest is France with 10. China has one.) the highest number of obese people, the country which has engaged in the highest number of military conflicts (201 out of the 228 since WWII) and so on – demonstrates beyond doubt the validity of the claim to ‘United States Exceptionalism’; but not in the way that the nationalist pundits would like to think. The United States has for a very long time been a rogue state. It is headed towards a failed state unless it manages to reverse some of these exceptional statistics. Ever more rampant capitalism will not. Socialism could.Tim Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116571614638026642noreply@blogger.com