What is at Stake When We Choose the Next President?
In few days we will go to vote for the next president.
This time there is more at the stake.
In my opinion the choice is between the socialist and the capitalist economic system in the USA.
Is the coming presidential election a velvet revolution? For me coming from a collapsing Romanian socialism, getting new citizenship here in the USA and contemplating a reviving movement for an already proved dead concept is very painful.
The biggest blame I had back in socialist Romania in the 80' was not for the government and the gang in power, it was for the intellectual people and writers who preferred to stay quiet.
In 1989 I wrote an article about the "Contradictions in Romanian socialism society" inspired by Michael Gorbachev' perestroika speeches.
I listed what socialist theory says and what the reality was.
The result is no connection between reality and theory.
That study, daily life and the media manipulation convinced me that I fit better outside socialism.
In August 15, 1989 I escaped from Romania and in 1990 I started a new life at the age of 47 in the USA.
Now, after 19 years in this country, I see the presidential campaigns as fight for the minds and hearts of people on fundamental principles between capitalism and socialism.
The democratic candidate is calling for a change.
This is Lenin's social revenge slogan: "get from the rich and give to the poor.
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Outsourcing manufacturing jobs and industries did not help the middle class.
The solution is recreating strong green industries that will create new values and keep people working and living here, making America the land of opportunity that it was.
We need to become a leader in manufacturing ethanol, manufacturing solar houses, develop energy efficient technologies, etc.
Change the current health system where the pharmaceutical industries cannibalize on everybody.
Punish the crooks and create some accounting rules for the rest; and the democratic capitalist system with check and balance of the government power, individual property rights, free markets, free competition and equality of opportunity for individuals should go back on track from this crisis.
See me on a short video speaking about communism and capitalism on my web site:
This time there is more at the stake.
In my opinion the choice is between the socialist and the capitalist economic system in the USA.
Is the coming presidential election a velvet revolution? For me coming from a collapsing Romanian socialism, getting new citizenship here in the USA and contemplating a reviving movement for an already proved dead concept is very painful.
The biggest blame I had back in socialist Romania in the 80' was not for the government and the gang in power, it was for the intellectual people and writers who preferred to stay quiet.
In 1989 I wrote an article about the "Contradictions in Romanian socialism society" inspired by Michael Gorbachev' perestroika speeches.
I listed what socialist theory says and what the reality was.
The result is no connection between reality and theory.
That study, daily life and the media manipulation convinced me that I fit better outside socialism.
In August 15, 1989 I escaped from Romania and in 1990 I started a new life at the age of 47 in the USA.
Now, after 19 years in this country, I see the presidential campaigns as fight for the minds and hearts of people on fundamental principles between capitalism and socialism.
The democratic candidate is calling for a change.
This is Lenin's social revenge slogan: "get from the rich and give to the poor.
"
- This was already done with affordable housing and bad mortgages and we have got into a real estate bubble.
- With that door for sub-prime mortgages lending opened, the frenzy for new vacation or big houses stimulated the creation of deregulated financial instruments.
This brought us to this financial crisis before elections.
Outsourcing manufacturing jobs and industries did not help the middle class.
The solution is recreating strong green industries that will create new values and keep people working and living here, making America the land of opportunity that it was.
We need to become a leader in manufacturing ethanol, manufacturing solar houses, develop energy efficient technologies, etc.
Change the current health system where the pharmaceutical industries cannibalize on everybody.
Punish the crooks and create some accounting rules for the rest; and the democratic capitalist system with check and balance of the government power, individual property rights, free markets, free competition and equality of opportunity for individuals should go back on track from this crisis.
See me on a short video speaking about communism and capitalism on my web site:
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