Being an American living abroad, I often (not by choice) find myself in many a political debates. These range from wars, to gun rights, to Hillary vs Trump, Republican vs Democrat, universal health care, et al. If there's a topic, I've probably discussed it.
A tangent conversation that arises from the universal health care debate is why we don't adopt a socialist government similar to the Nordic countries such as Norway. Socialism, great in theory but inevitably flawed, would never work in the USA for a couple of reasons.
- The US have a very diverse population with varying ideologies, ethnicity, religious views etc.
- The US does not have a public trust oil company.
- The US has 350 million people.
- Norway does not have a minimum wage forcing real wages higher as companies compete for workers - this is ironic as most people that support a socialist government in the USA also believe in higher minumum wages.
- Norway does not have an illegal immigrant problem like the USA. Illegal immigrants are willing to work for less driving real wages down.
- Norway has a population of 5 million. A dozen USA cities have a higher population than that.
- Norway does not spend much on a standing Army.
Anyways, those are just some of the points I wanted to highlight. The Full article can be read here. Article via lastresistance.com