Mayor de Blasio Says Wealth Is ‘in the Wrong Hands,’ Pledges to Redistribute It

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  1. US Conservative

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    The Scandinavian countries are generally ethnically homogenous white.

    And yet thats the model you pick?
     
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    Except under democratic socialism
     
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    OK Sweden rejected the socialist movement as we are seeing trying to take hold here and went back to free market and capitalist policies. Let's do that.

    "Finally, Sanandaji writes, "Nordic countries have more generous welfare systems than the United States, but change has indeed taken place." In recent years, they've tempered the damage of their big-government policies by scaling back their welfare states and setting limits on their fiscal burdens. Their governments have adopted more work incentives, lowered taxes and allowed for more flexibility when hiring and firing workers. They've opened their public schools and health care to more competition, and Sweden partially privatized its pension system. They may not be free market quite yet, but they're no socialist—or even liberal—utopia, either."
    https://reason.com/archives/2016/09/01/does-socialism-work-for-sweden-why-thats
     
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    They also are big hockey fans generally. You called them a white nation. That is a horribly racists thing to say
     
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    They have had to drastically move closer to our economy, because of the economic problems over the years. Doesn’t work well
     
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    Fantastic. We get all the social programs they have currently. Deal!


    That was easy
     
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    they will already be poor, so as Trump would say... what do they have to lose

    when society hurts the poor, it has an effect on all of society

    the right never cares about the poor, but will defend their tax cuts for the rich every time
     
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    It works fantastic. Lets have what they have currently.

    I knew you could get there
     
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    Putting a vote to a dated philosophy of failure does not change the fail.
     
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    Or the massive success they have
     
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    we will see, our debt is getting bigger and bigger with them not paying those taxes

    with Artificial Intelligence doing the work, Societies will change, they will become more socialist in nature

    there is no stopping Technology, we lived in good times, the next generation will have to find a new way to survive as a society
     
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    Why is that horrible to say when its true?

    Nigeria is a black nation.

    Korea is an asian nation.

    And off all the nations on earth, you pick a handful of Scandinavian countries. Why is that?
     
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    How many countries are you describing as a failure. Give me a number and lets see if mine is higher
     
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    Why haven't you answered by question about why you only select ethnically homogeneous white nations as a model of success?
     
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    Can you imagine the president of Sweden addressing the united nations and saying Sweden is a white nation. My god he would be trashed
     
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    And hockey loving nations. Why are you just focused on race for some reason? What difference does race make?
     
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    People that ID as conservative are far more charitable then people that ID as liberal...case in point the millionaire Mayor of NYC that reported $350 in total charity giving on his 2017 tax returns. For comparison it also showed he paid his accountant more
     
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    Buffet, Gates, Cuban, Zuckerberg.....you have to be kidding
     
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    Lol at UN.

    Ethnicity[edit]
    The majority of the population are Swedes or Swedish people. The Sweden Finns are a large ethnic minority comprising approximately 50,000 along the Swedish-Finnish border, and 450,000 first and second generation immigrated ethnic Finns, mainly living in the Mälaren Valley region. Meänkieli Finnish has official status in parts of northern Sweden near the Finnish border. In addition, Sweden's indigenous population groups includes the Sami people, historically a nomadic reindeer herding group that has been native to Fenno-Scandinavia for at least 5000 years.[8] Today, the Sami language holds the status of official minority language in four municipalities in the Norrbotten county.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Sweden
     
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    Nope not at all. Wow four people...good for you
     
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    You named one. LOL
     
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    Boy you are really focused on race. Why?
     
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    You only picked white majority countries. With so much diversity in the world Im asking you why?
     
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    This is the guy that refers to American Americans as “lumps of coal” are you surprised he loves the Nortic States?
     
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    Yeah and hockey loving nations. And they eat a lot of fish too. But you focus on race. Why?
     

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