Superheroes and cynical Fans

[The Question]

The conscious interpretation and the subconscious message are going to be different. Most people see these grimdark stories and they see exactly what you saw, but that's not what their subconscious was told.

I would disagree with that. It assumes that everyone would sub consciously believe that there was no such thing as a morally sure and right individual, which I think is far too general a statement to be true.

One of the great tragedies of modern humankind is how easily so many of them were fooled into believing that they had to settle for capitalism. The fact of the matter is, Europe is democratic-socialist. Australia is democratic-socialist. Canada is democratic-socialist. These places all do just fine. Are they the captains of the economy? No. But they don't need to be. Their worker productivity is actually higher than ours, a much higher percentage of their people enjoy a much higher standard of living, and basic needs are provided for. While there are troubling issues of racism in Europe and Australia, and probably in Canada too, they've built a socio-economic system that is far better and far more moral than the one we've created. And it's succeeded. Socialism doesn't have to mean "no advancement." It doesn't have to mean extreme equality. There are wealthy people in Europe. But there are fewer. And there are fewer poor people. Now that sounds, to me, like a system I'd like to wake up to tomorrow morning.

I misunderstood you. When you said socialism, I immediately imagined socialism in it's extreme. Europe, Australia, and Canada do have many socialist aspects, but they're not completely socialist. They have a free market, and they have many capitalist aspects as well. It's just not pure capitalism like we experience in the U.S. And their economy would be a very fine model for us to follow. I mean, the Pound, the Franc, and the Euro are all worth a lot more than the dollar these days.

 

[Keyser Soze]

As flawed as it may be, one thing I appreciate - being from the UK - is the NHS.

 

[Aristotle]

The NHS might be flawed, but you haven't seen a bad health care system till you've been told that your life does indeed have a price tag, and you can't pay for it.