I will get off this election topic pretty soon but there is just one more thing that I can't help but being... amused and scared about. (amused and scared, btw, seem to be the emotion of the week). It seems, when I read through blogs and media, that one of the worst things you can call Obama is socialist. Really? Anyone read anything about socialism recently? Yeah, yeah, ok, I don't want another Soviet or a North Korea, I've never voted for a party entirely dedicated to the socialistic ideas from the beginning of the last century. And I do believe that the people forming those ideas aren't too keen on the modern versions of it carried out in parts of the east either. But, seriously, the idea of sharing? Of trying to make sure that even the less fortunate get the protection they need to live a better life? The idea of us carrying our country forward together? Is that really such a scary thing? Would a little more shared responsibility hurt us? Anyhow... is a word describing those ideas the worst thing ever to call a political opponent? Funny.
I live in a country, run by a right wing government btw (even though left wing in the States is still really on the right of the right here...) , where the taxes are higher than in most other countries in the world. And guess what? I like it. Cause, if I get run over by a car on my way home today, i get all the medical care that I need, for free. And that goes for the homeless man in the street as well. No insurance needed. And if I would one day chose to have a baby, either me or my husband could stay at home with our kid for at least a year - a year and a half (and seriously, most of Swedish men are home with their babies for about six months, that's quite cool), and it's paid for. School is free. University is free. No expensive college funds and no locking you out of education cause your parents weren't rich enough. Socialism? Well, then so be it.
Poverty is heading it's way to Sweden too. The rich are becoming richer and the less fortunate are losing more and more. Gaps are getting wider. People are buying private insurances and pay money at private clinics to get out of long lines at the hospitals. Nothing I'm proud of, I'd rather have us going the other direction.
In a book called The Bible it says:
All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had... There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need.Dunno for sure, but it seems to me that sharing is a biblical thing. (And if you do wanna state that the particular quote is about church, not state, then I wanna state that so are the rest of the Bible too... Like the Biblical views on homosexuality... So... you can toss and turn everything around forever. And as usual... I'm thinking out loud...)
Anyhow. Socialism or not. I've read so many blogs from Christians these past couple of days, stating that increasing taxes and take more responsibility together would be ungodly. I actually, just minutes ago, received an email from someone I don't know, but who has my email address for work reasons, who pleaded to all the 2000 receivers of the mail to vote republican to make sure there wouldn't be a man with socialistic ideas running the country. (The woman also compared Obama to HItler while stating he was muslim, it was very... amusing and scary...)
Hey, folks, I know I keep on raving about how critical I am about all this... I don't know. I'm not sure who would better run the United States of America. I don't know if it makes a difference. I'm not a devoted democrat, nor do i despise republicans. There are just some of these few little details, blown out of proportions, that I'm very skeptical about. So.. I just use my own little Internet soapbox to... write about it a bit.
Good luck tomorrow, guys. We'll stay up all night and follow the results. Amused. And scared.
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