Fox News in a story on the "Socialism Rising" talks about the new crop of democrats entering congress and their "socialist" ideals as being a fringe movement. Ideals, like accessible healthcare and education, funded in part by higher marginal tax rates for the ultra-wealthy are seen as insane concepts.
It's like calling the metric system a fringe idea. Every country in the world uses it except Burma, Liberia, and the US. according to the author of the 1981 book Metric Madness: Over 150 Reasons for NOT Converting to the Metric System, the conversion process was considered by many to be a communist conspiracy.
In fact, most of the western world embraces those ideals. College tuition in most European countries is free or relatively inexpensive. American tuition costs are among the highest in the world. Almost all developed countries offer universal healthcare. United States is one of the few countries that do not guarantee access to healthcare.
These kinds of policies are not fringe. They are accepted and adopted by almost every country but the US.
It's like calling the metric system a fringe idea. Every country in the world uses it except Burma, Liberia, and the US. according to the author of the 1981 book Metric Madness: Over 150 Reasons for NOT Converting to the Metric System, the conversion process was considered by many to be a communist conspiracy.
In fact, most of the western world embraces those ideals. College tuition in most European countries is free or relatively inexpensive. American tuition costs are among the highest in the world. Almost all developed countries offer universal healthcare. United States is one of the few countries that do not guarantee access to healthcare.
These kinds of policies are not fringe. They are accepted and adopted by almost every country but the US.
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