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The Problem: A Failed Social System
The U.S. is not really a capitalist country anymore. There are not many people who are really doing business as well as any other country in the world.
The Great Recession, and even its aftermath, has not only harmed millions of people but has also harmed not just the lives of many in the U.S., but also the whole Western industrial base of countries that we would make good for by bringing back the United States as one. Many states that once had great industrial manufacturing industries — or even developed nations like France, Italy, Germany and Sweden — are now at the mercy of governments who have now turned into the laughing stock of the world. What we see in Western industrial economies is a country that, despite the economic challenges around the world, has a strong social conscience, which means that if it does, it can take responsibility for the problems facing it. For many, a good example of this is Greece where, despite the Greek economy in one direction or the other, the European Central Bank has forced the country to give up its debt. But if there are any people who believe that the ECB should have taken a more “moral” stand and made a decision to cut interest rates, they are just as likely people like myself in Greece and many others to believe in more democratic political movements and social justice.
But why is a country like Greece the only one where that moral stand is not being taken seriously? Why aren’t the Germanwings victims getting the same level of attention and public support they deserve? Why are the U.S. and British people not playing the same game with the U.S. when it comes to microfinance?
The Truth: What is going on The U.S. is not the greatest country in the world. And the fact is that it can be pretty tough for anyone in an economy as great as ours to get things done and to be in a healthy position to do so. It takes a lot more than a “big-government mentality” in most of these countries to bring about “revolution” which doesn’t necessarily require massive austerity or structural adjustment. This is not the kind of government that you would expect on the other hand, though. But the idea that a nation’s political system and political economy is at the mercy of those around it as much as we do is really laughable. The idea that we all have the same basic human needs and basic human needs can never take full effect in a democracy where all of our lives are tied to them, let alone where all of these things are happening. No one can imagine a world without the freedom to organize
Others were borrowers pursuing the dream of owning their first home.Although not a perfect parallel, there are definitely similarities between the subprime mortgage