Hee, I think the problem is that you are dealing with the extreme left and I'm dealing with the extreme right. In the US "free-market Capitalism" means Ayn Rand. Donald Trump is an Ayn Rand Capitalist. So are Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan. Here, free-market capitalism is no left turn signals, no big government.
What is scary is that for the first time in my life there is an extremist hard left party within reach of power.
While we have the extremist hard right in power. You probably already realize that the US is to the right of the UK. Your Conservative Party is our Moderate Republican Party, the Tory Party is closer to our Moderate Democrats. We don't really have the extreme left, Bernie Sanders came closest.
So whenever you use the term "free-market capitalism" -- I'm hearing Trump and Ryan who want to deregulate everything. Our Conservative Party doesn't want any national health care plan (and you've had one, you don't know what it is like to not have one and how many lives Obama Care and repealing the pre-existing condition clause saved -- so people over here are terrified of losing their health care, included in that group are various relatives.)
I don't like Capitalism that much -- because I'm living in a society in which I've seen the horrible costs of it gone crazy, the UK has always been a bit more socialist than Capitalistic. Keep in mind Ayn Rand is an American, who came to the US, and many people in our government are devotees. That's one of the reasons I read her books. The head of the Federal Reserve during the Reagan era was a huge fan of Rand, as are the heads of our Congress, and many Trump supporters.
So while you're worrying about the extreme left, I'm far more concerned about the hard right or alt-right. Because they are in power in the US right now. Trump wants to deregulate the air traffic controllers, meanwhile reinstate travel restrictions and trade restrictions on Cuba. As well as various anti-LGBTQ laws.
So, I'd prefer you didn't preach "free-market capitalism" because that translates over here as Rand Capitalism or deregulations.;-)
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What is scary is that for the first time in my life there is an extremist hard left party within reach of power.
While we have the extremist hard right in power. You probably already realize that the US is to the right of the UK. Your Conservative Party is our Moderate Republican Party, the Tory Party is closer to our Moderate Democrats. We don't really have the extreme left, Bernie Sanders came closest.
So whenever you use the term "free-market capitalism" -- I'm hearing Trump and Ryan who want to deregulate everything. Our Conservative Party doesn't want any national health care plan (and you've had one, you don't know what it is like to not have one and how many lives Obama Care and repealing the pre-existing condition clause saved -- so people over here are terrified of losing their health care, included in that group are various relatives.)
I don't like Capitalism that much -- because I'm living in a society in which I've seen the horrible costs of it gone crazy, the UK has always been a bit more socialist than Capitalistic. Keep in mind Ayn Rand is an American, who came to the US, and many people in our government are devotees. That's one of the reasons I read her books. The head of the Federal Reserve during the Reagan era was a huge fan of Rand, as are the heads of our Congress, and many Trump supporters.
So while you're worrying about the extreme left, I'm far more concerned about the hard right or alt-right. Because they are in power in the US right now.
Trump wants to deregulate the air traffic controllers, meanwhile reinstate travel restrictions and trade restrictions on Cuba. As well as various anti-LGBTQ laws.
So, I'd prefer you didn't preach "free-market capitalism" because that translates over here as Rand Capitalism or deregulations.;-)