Comment by consumer451

The biggest lie we were all sold is that there were only two options: capitalist vs. communist. It turns out that at the extremes, neither is good, or democratic. My lived experience taught me that it's like a horseshoe, not a left-right straight line. This is not only a theory.

I happen to have lived through both of those theoretical systems. I watched my uncle pass bricks in a giant line, man-to-man, to build their commie block. A year later, my mom and I escaped to the USA.

Now, I am partially back in Poland, as the Soviet occupation is long gone. There are many problems, but generally, Poland is now a country one wants to come to, not escape. Well, Moscow is still being imperialist and murderous, so not that long gone I suppose.

I would like to point out that whatever the USA might be today, it is no longer a democracy. It is certainly not the country we came to. I would argue that after Citizens United, the USA is now finally a "Capitalism" - both economic and governmental system. In more recent times, the USA is now authoritarian - it's kinda getting modern Russified in the USA. Call it "unitary executive" or whatever, it's the same damn thing.

We are certainly living in interesting times.