Originally posted by
Wind
You know, it's sometimes funny to think about the American politics. As an european/scandinavian who leans more towards the left & liberalism I would be far more on the left than the current US democrats would ever be. Here we actually have a socialist system which is somewhat working, for the benefit of all. For us here the us democratic party wouldn't be a leftist party at all, it's more like centrist leaning on the right with business interests. Republicans are just plain conservatives with more of that greed and no I'm not saying that people who vote for that party necessarily are like that...
Then again, I don't like to identify myself with some party. I'm just a human being with compassion and humanity. Sure I ain't a rich business owner either, I have had plenty of firsthand knowledge what poverty is and what it means to have very little and still try to keep on going. Most of Earth's population knows how it feels to be poory and hungry, the difference is that in first world countries things are still somewhat okay even for the poor, in thirld world countries it's just horrible. I don't think US treats it's people on the downside of life properly at all. Disgrace is a word that comes to my mind when I think about it.