Should the US be more or less like the former Soviet Union?

[A18]

Less of course. But the socialist left thinks the answer is more.

[senatortombstone]

LOL, there should be rule against these types of questions, but i see your point.

[David S]

It's always struck me as ironic that at a time when the former U.S.S.R. was trying to become more like us, we were trying to become more like them!

[Citizen James]

Less of course. But the socialist left thinks the answer is more.

Oh, I don't know about that....  The USSR was big on authoritarianism - the party leaders were defended no matter what they did and where considered to be infalible.  Anyone who dared disagagree with the party line was branded a traitor, and the media constantly praised the leaders and attacked their critics.

They were led by an ideology which had no basis in reality, but instead insisted on the delusion that you could bring about a utopia through millitary force and  ideologically indoctronating the populus.

Socialism is inefficent, but Authoritarianism is evil.  We should learn from them, a single party state is doomed to failure - to succeed you must had dissent and the crucible of open debate.   The current 'republicans' (who discrace the name of a once noble party), don't seem to realize this fatal oversight.

[opebo]

Liberalism and Keyensian redistributionist capitalism has nothing to do with Soviet Socialism.  The US has never 'tried to become more like the USSR'.

[J.R. Brown]

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Less of course. But the socialist left thinks the answer is more.

Liberalism and Communism are very different. I am sorry if my unselfish beliefs make you think I want to impose an authoritarian dictatorship. I would much rather prefer a system where the selfish are allowed to hoard their earnings while the unselfish can give to the poor. Of course that's what we have now, and it seems there are a lot more selfish than unselfish. Sure, people give a little bit of money to some charity once a year, just to feel better about themselves and that's great, at least they do that.

Taxes aren't authoritarian, they're providing for the good of your country. Unless the leaders of the country overtax,  abuse the system and hoard all of the money for themselves and spend it carelessly like the Soviet's did. You obviously need regulation on taxes. 

If you believe that liberals want to impose a dictatorship on this country, you are severely disallusioned. That's exactly why we fight for the civil liberties of all Americans and the civil rights for all. Better than your fascist, upper class dominant society. Down with fascism. Of course you think Democracy is a joke, so I don't see how you can call liberals Soviet Communists