A Marxist Revival?

[Phidippides]

A momentary reaction or sign of things to come?

Credit crunch boosts sales of Karl Marx's Das Kapital in Germany

From the article:

A recent survey found 52 percent of eastern Germans believe the free market economy is "unsuitable" and 43 percent said they wanted socialism rather than capitalism, findings confirmed in interviews with dozens of ordinary easterners.

This should scare us, not only because socialism doesn't work.  It also walks hand-in-hand with other ideologies that we should be extremely weary of.

[Stumpfoot]

Thats East Germany? I find those numbers surprising considering all the Soviets put them through during the cold war. I dont think they understand at all what they are saying.

[skiguy]

Let's face it, nearly all of Europe is going Socialist with programs like national health care, etc.

[Phidippides]

Let's face it, nearly all of Europe is going Socialist with programs like national health care, etc.

America might be next!

We need a new global superhero....a "Captain Capitalist" who goes around saving the masses held hostage to oppressive socialist regimes that turn societies into Orwellian nightmares...

[scout1067]

Let's face it, nearly all of Europe is going Socialist with programs like national health care, etc.

Is going?  Most of Europe is already there.  They have fused socialism with capitalism.  That explains the massive social spending with their massive tax rates.  My wife's marginal taxrate for payroll withholdings is 56%.  Can you imagine the screams in the states if the marginal rate was that high?

[Stumpfoot]

56%? I'm screaming and I'm not even there.

[scout1067]

Germans don't talk hourly compensation when they talk wages.  They talk strictly in terms of net pay because any talk of gross pay is irrelevant to the average employee because they see less than half of what they make.

By the way the Germans also have a 19% VAT which is essentially a 19% sales tax on everything except food which is taxed at 7%.