What you have to understand is that a free capitalist society with a democratic repulic where the government has limited responsibility, CAN NOT lead to a dictatorship. That's the entire goal of America, is to prevent a dictatorship from ever forming here.
I've seen a few posts saying that Communism might be a good idea, and that American's are just overly paranoid of it. I'm very concerned about statements like this. Do you realize Communism is what America has stood against the entirety of the past 100 years? Have you seen what 20th Century Russia, and Modern day Cuba, China, and North Korea look like? If you think that Communist ideals are something worth pursuing, I urge you to look at the countries who have lived under this system. It just hasn't worked, and I'm very curious why you would think American's are simply paranoid. I think there's plenty of reason to stand against it.
Also I've noted several of you are interested in America's military force, and you've noted we spend a lot in that area. Well that's true, but you do realize that your own countries, if you don't live in America, are free to spend less on your military because our own in all likelyhood defends yours. Nobody in the world will attack a European nation or other American ally because they know America would obliterate them.
Just think about the power of that. Nobody will attack your nation, because they'd draw in the most powerful nation on Earth if they did so, and America for all it's grief with France or Gordon Brown, or any other nation, despite any ill will you bare us, would be at your door the next day to defend you.
So before you cast ideals on us about whether we appropriate too much on our military, or say that you'd never want to live here, understand that we protect you. We secure peace throughout the world so that your nation can use it's own funds on anything it's people choose, including free healthcare for your people if that's what you wish. And we do it willingly.
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