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Why are you a socialist?

Asked by dreamwolf (3163points) August 24th, 2011

What made you become a socialist? For example, I became a socialist because I read that Jesus Christ said live as he had, and he pretty much lead the greatest example of not being greedy, no profit, giving to the poor while being poor, providing food to others in need, loving your neighbors, helping the community etc. Furthermore, I grew up in a nation that has piled so much debt upon my generations head (born 1987) that I cannot fathom living a country where the 1% all make 7 figures by virtue of “old money”, while a good 60% is now under the middle class belt earning about 40,000 a year and our middle class has melted down so drastically, poor is the new middle class. So I am now a socialist, because I’d rather 10 people make 60,000$ than 2 people making 200,000. People need to watch each other and we need to interviene on our society. I mean, this debt was accumulated by the Baby Boomers. I’m not a baby boomer, my hats go off to them, but come on. How are my kids, and grand kids going to see the light of day in America? All we hear is “debt, debt, debt” and fingers being pointed everywhere. I’d rather work alongside people all making the same money than working for a tycoon who hides his. Let’s face it, true, money does determine which communities are clean and which are just ghetto. Let’s equal out the money, clean up the U.S. communities, and just help each other enjoy our calculated days. Life isn’t about how much money we can accumulate. I feel like my generation is so washed up in “dolla dolla billz yall” we need to do something about this mess.

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