Captialism vs Socialism

1) I do explain the link. Have you ever read about Neoliberalism from the Chicago boys? Such as Friedman's book, Capitalism and Freedom? Have you read it? Reaganomics and Thatherism what led our global world from Keynesian economic theory toward this new neoliberal paradigm. I never said that this new neoliberal paradigm equates itself to crony capitalism, what I did argue is that neoliberalism engenders crony capitalism. Why? The answer is simple: neoliberalism failed us. Remember how the left lost in the early 1990s? The right lost during 2008. it failed us because privatization had disastrous consequences. Here are examples of articles you can read: http://www.theguardian.com... http://economicstudents.com... http://www.forbes.com... https://www.bostonglobe.com... http://www.juancole.com... The thing is, you forced me to bring these articles. You need to understand that deep deregulation of the economy gives too much power to those who already have it. "Reagoneconomics did not practice crony capitalism..." No, he did not; but his policies led to crony capitalism. Moreover, "... but actual capitalism". Capitalism has many different flavours. Saying "neoliberalism is the true capitalism" is bloody wrong. There is Laissez-faire capitalism, neoliberal capitalism, Keynesian capitalism, etc. Furthermore, you are making a mistake Marx made within his teleological theory; you assume that there is one brand of capitalism. This is wrong. If you wish, one author who discusses how Capitalism is formulated differently throughout different cultures is Max Weber who wrote the "Spirit of Capitalism." You may enjoy it. 2) You keep saying that I need to provide a source in order to demonstrate the flaw in your poll. No I do not. It is one thing to get a subjective account than to get an objective account. You poll asks people, who may or may not have tried to start a business. Of course the majority will say it is hard! They are living within the worst depression sine the 1930s, what would you expect!? The USA is slowly making a full recovery due to the Keynesian economic policies of Obama, whereas Europe is still suffering due to their neoliberal policy of austerity. So, please think about it. If an individual is suffering in the current economic climate, of course they will view any question regarding the economy with negativity. 3) No, the population analysis is not silly. If you take two countries with a GDP per capita of $55,000, then the country with a bigger population will have a larger GDP. Now you are being silly, China should not be ahead of the USA because the average Chinese citizen is poorer. You have to look at countries with similar GDP per capita. For instance, the countries with the richest citizens are: Luxembourg ($103,187 per person), Switzerland ($82,178$), Qatar ($78,829), Norway ($76,266), and then the US ($55,904). If one were to take Luxembourg's population and inflate it to the USA's size, Luxembourg's GDP would be $33 trillion dollars, two times that of the USA. The lesson here: Absolute GDP is not a good indicator. 4) How does admitting that the US is the world hegemony make your argument easier? 5) Lastly, If the entire developed world can implement health care, so can America. End your crazy "it can't be done because MURICA" arguments. They are excuses. You have spent the entire time arguing with me that the USA is the richest country, which it is. So are you then telling me that the richest country cannot afford to give its people health care? Let us be real, non? 6) Why do you think Britain's and France's military budgets are so low? It is because we have no bloody threats and we don't want to invade other nations! Moreover, let us look at the % of GDP for military budgets: USA spends 3.3%, China spends 1.2%, U.K spends 2%, etc. Thus, in conclusion, aside form all these arguments, the neoliberal capitalism that the pro advocates for has failed. Why advocate for a system that has failed and produced crony capitalism? When we aim for an economic system, it ought to be a system that advantages all, not just the rich. A market-based socialism, that provides its citizens with cheap and quality health care, day care, etc, yet strengthens competition and allows for the attainment of fair wages, will always trump neoliberalism as per enhancing its citizens livelihoods. If one were to look at the OECD's Better Life index, the countries that consistently rank the highest (i.e Australia, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, and Canada) are all market-based socialism economies.