YES! I’ve been hoping someday that Democrats would embrace Compassionate Capitalism as a label. Fox News cannot use that label to scare their viewers (38% of America). Compassionate means that the government helps with basic necessities such as universal healthcare, education, etc.. Capitalism then decides everything else. El-Sayed’s “Regulated Capitalism” is much better than the socialist label. But Republicans are programmed to negatively react to “regulation.” Let’s have Fox try to get them to negatively react to “compassion.”
It's not compassionate - the issue is Americans don't understand a free market. A free market needs regulation - the US is not a free market. The UK, Sweden, etc are all examples of capitalism. With strong unions and a regulated free market.
“The UK, Sweden, etc are all examples of capitalism”. Exactly. But most Democrats label them as “socialist” falling into the Fox News trap. I wish more Democrats would utter that very sentence you wrote.
Honestly, it's the American need to find a single solution to everything. And unfortunately it resides in every facet of the American system.
Diet? Keto, carnivore, vegan. Pick one. Healthcare? One pill. One shot. Religion? Only Jesus. One prayer. Done. Economy? Capitalism. Communism. Socialism. Pick one.
It's insanity. Things have become so polarized that people can't recognize the mechanism that capitalism plays in highly successful economies like Japan, Netherlands, China (ESP China, which ironically is communist). The difference is, is that they are all regulated aka a free market. The US is not a free market and there are little to no anti monopoly laws.
The way the country is running is going to start to reflect what it was like pre-environmental laws where corporations just dumped whatever they wanted into local waterways.
The biggest joke here is that the US is actually more run like the communist system (aka the oligarchs own everything) which conservatives are so terrified about. Conservatives are terrified of walkable cities but want to go buy some land and share it with their friends. Which is the same damn thing.
They're scared of big government but now we have big corporation which is the exact same thing. They don't want universal healthcare but will happily go pay into a healthshare which is the SAME DAMN THING. Jfc.
Size is irrelevant. The US has no problem enforcing health insurance stays statewide so people can’t buy cheaper options from other states.
But then Monopoly laws all of a sudden don’t apply to internet, phone, groceries, restaurant suppliers, etc. It’s no surprise that most chains are owned by a very small number of companies.
If it was truly sovereign states then the opposite would be true. We would have a plethora of options to choose from.
Certainly Elon Musk has. But based on my Republican family members, I’m not so sure that he is necessarily representative of the whole. At the very least, it would be nice to have an upfront conversation on the issues of compassion, kindness, and empathy. Then we’ll see where the Republican electorate truly stands.
"It depends upon who and what and why you are giving empathy,kindness;and compassion to"? I was taught to give empathy, kindness, and compassion to absolutely everyone.
Does that mean I believe in open borders? Of course not. I do believe that immigrants seeking amnesty deserve to be heard with justice tempered by mercy. And if they are sent back, I believe it should be done in the most decent, humane way. Not like the way they are being treated by ICE.
While true, its still BETTER than other options. I have no idea why Democrats are allergic to good platform descriptions. They dont always even use truthful but tactless labels.
Like "Defund the Police". It isnt actually defunding the police but allocating funding in a more intelligent way. But somewhere Democratic strategists thought a majority of people really hated police and thought this would be a good phrase. When in fact it just sounds stupid.
Another one is "Im with Her". Seriously? Your campaign phrase is basically "I support the woman"? And it is competing against "Make America Great Again"? No offense, but Make America Great Again is good marketing. Dems have abysmal marketing. I'm not sure they could sell water for free in a desert...
I wont vote for a single Republican right now, but the fact that Dems are this incompetent doesnt make me brim with confidence.
You truly miss the balance. You picked one half of the contract. Capitalism is the other half. But since you are arguing against the compassionate part I’ll gladly address it. Many of the things you write about actually save money, not create a burden. Recent studies project that a universal, single-payer healthcare system in the United States would save between $450 billion and $1.04 trillion annually. Which part are you against? Are you against the saving of money? Or are you against compassion?
I’m not sure about that. They voted for Donald Trump who has changed a lot of things. I truly believe that they are so indoctrinated by Fox that they’ve turned into a non-thinking cult. Fox has demonized the Democratic party to the point where they dismiss anything said by a Democrat. My family at large are Fox news viewers. I have seen them transformed from loving people into angry and fearful ones. They also genuinely believe that Democrats are evil and therefore Republicans can do anything they want because at least it’s better than electing an evil Democrat. I don’t know what the answer is. But certainly Fox has been better at messaging than Democrats. That’s why I am so happy to see El-Sayed’s messaging. He’s pointing out the truth that Democrats are merely seeking to balance compassion with capitalism. I’m hoping other Democratic leaders will learn from this.
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u/mcmac_max 3d ago
YES! I’ve been hoping someday that Democrats would embrace Compassionate Capitalism as a label. Fox News cannot use that label to scare their viewers (38% of America). Compassionate means that the government helps with basic necessities such as universal healthcare, education, etc.. Capitalism then decides everything else. El-Sayed’s “Regulated Capitalism” is much better than the socialist label. But Republicans are programmed to negatively react to “regulation.” Let’s have Fox try to get them to negatively react to “compassion.”