We have a hybrid and could probably use a bit more socialism.

Author: iairishcheeks (29965 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 6:29 pm on Jul 9, 2026

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Socialism in the US:
Public Services and Infrastructure: Police, Fire, roads and bridges, water, waste, garbage collection, and the latest: Data Centers (at least on the funding and such). I don't hate the DSA ideas around managing data centers as utilities.

Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment, Food - all of these are good in the aggregate but can and should be improved to eliminate fraud, become sustainably funded, and become more efficient.

I am not against Medicare for all.

We will need some form of UBI soon as AI eliminates jobs.

The department of education needs to be ripped out and either replaced or reverted back to the states. Politicians should look at what Mississippi is doing as California is completely failing on the education front.

Adapt or die is the name of the game for civilizations.

Replies to: “We have a hybrid and could probably use a bit more socialism.”

Do you prefer Socialism or Capitalism? [LINK] - Kalc - 4:45pm 7/9/26 (15) [View All]
- One thing for sure...in our "K Shaped" economy, Capitalism is working for those with Capital, but - TyroneIrish - 9:49pm 7/9/26
- Socialists failed to separate from their mothers and suffer from OCD. Capitalists have unresolved - Curly1918 - 8:01pm 7/9/26
  - Fascinating response from ChatGPT. - iairishcheeks - 8:18pm 7/9/26
- We have a hybrid and could probably use a bit more socialism. - iairishcheeks - 6:29pm 7/9/26
  - I don't see much of that as "socialism," unless you define anything other than anarchy as socialism. - NedoftheHill - 9:32pm 7/9/26
    - ChatGPT response, it's pretty good. - iairishcheeks - 10:07pm 7/9/26
    - Heh, the private charity "NGO"s are the primary source of fraud. - iairishcheeks - 9:41pm 7/9/26
      - Yes, but... - NedoftheHill - 10:13pm 7/9/26
  - I agree we have a hybrid but I think we should use a bit less socialism. Or a little more than a bit - THEISMANCARR - 8:18pm 7/9/26
    - In a finely tuned and adaptable system, we could ramp up and down depending on conditions. - iairishcheeks - 8:23pm 7/9/26
      - "In a finely tuned and adaptable system" ... has such ever existed? - NedoftheHill - 9:37pm 7/9/26
        
        A finely tuned and adaptable system should be the goal. - iairishcheeks - 9:43pm 7/9/26
        
        Not sure it would work in a diverse society over a certain size. - NedoftheHill - 10:17pm 7/9/26
- You couldn’t define either one of them and how they work. [NT] - jimbasil - 4:55pm 7/9/26
  - The college students certainly would struggle with the definitions. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 6:14pm 7/9/26

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