[ExI] Socialism

[spike at rainier66.com]

...> On Behalf Of Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] Socialism

On 19/10/2026 20:51, spike wrote:
> ...> On Behalf Of Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat


>...Wait, I just noticed. You are talking about the DSA, not the SDA. The
DSA seem to be opposed to capitalism, the SDA not....

OK cool thx.  I was unaware of that SDA.  I meant DSA.

>...I don't think that the 'poster child' for democratic socialism is
France, but I'm not certain....

I'm not either Ben, but I am not the segment of yank voter who needs to be
convinced.  The democrat party needs to convince itself.

>... I know next to nothing about French politics, but I doubt they want to
go in the direction of communism....

Right now, they likely want to go in the direction of ending the riots.  Oh
those look bad.

>...The 'poster child' for Social Democracy is the scandinavian countries. I
see nothing to object to in Social Democracy, it seems an ideal political
philosophy to me....

I agree partially.  Vacationing in Sweden, Denmark and Norway last summer, I
really liked those places.

>...I don't see how anyone opposed to capitalism could get a foothold in
America, the homeland of extreme capitalism....

Oh I get turned on by that kinda talk.  I hope you are right.  

>... but toning it down and reining it in (as opposed to eliminating it)
would at least potentially avoid the excesses of wealth imbalance that we
see now....

Ja I see what you mean.  However those excesses of wealth imbalance are what
is giving us data centers, new power generation, new communications
satellites, flying cars and TwitterX, among other cool stuff.  

>...That might be possible in America, but only with a lot of effort. Maybe.
There would be a lot of resistance from the entrenched super-rich, but it
would benefit a vast majority of the population.

-- 
Ben

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Perhaps.  But the majority of the US population uses AI and TwitterX.  The
very poorest people I can find in the USA oppose socialism.

spike