Where we disagree, and possibly strongly, is on regulating corporations, regulating the market, and providing affordable health care to everyone.
We may disagree less than you think. I am a British Tory, not a US Republican. I believe the state is necessary and forms the foundation of property rights upon which all capitalism relies. Those property rights include regulation to prevent monopolies or cartels, abuses of common property (environmental regulations) and the rest. I also think provision for universal health care, education, pensions and the disabled is both affordable and, therefore, a moral duty in our societies. Oh and I hate corporatism as much as you do - one of the reasons I voted Leave was because the EU is one of the worst examples of crony corporatism on the planet and I want us to be as free of that as we possibly can be. I accept that big corporations can bring advantages and are necessary for really good advancement (and some basics like avoiding famine!) but I also accept that they need to be monitored and regulated at all times or corporatism breaks out.
I think we really only differ in our personal experience of how socialism works and therefore how we view the exact balance of the two systems.
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Date: 2017-06-25 11:30 am (UTC)We may disagree less than you think. I am a British Tory, not a US Republican. I believe the state is necessary and forms the foundation of property rights upon which all capitalism relies. Those property rights include regulation to prevent monopolies or cartels, abuses of common property (environmental regulations) and the rest. I also think provision for universal health care, education, pensions and the disabled is both affordable and, therefore, a moral duty in our societies. Oh and I hate corporatism as much as you do - one of the reasons I voted Leave was because the EU is one of the worst examples of crony corporatism on the planet and I want us to be as free of that as we possibly can be. I accept that big corporations can bring advantages and are necessary for really good advancement (and some basics like avoiding famine!) but I also accept that they need to be monitored and regulated at all times or corporatism breaks out.
I think we really only differ in our personal experience of how socialism works and therefore how we view the exact balance of the two systems.