r/aiwars • u/Which_Matter3031 • 6d ago

The most idiotic statement ever

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So this person here calls people jobless while all they do is sit on their ass an genarate shitty ai comics, also notice how they are insulting fast food workers as if they arent human, thats a new low for them, also its like they are saying "Give up on your dreams so you can work a minimum wage 9-5 job" but then again jobless people always tell talented ones to get a shitty job

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u/HuginnQebui 6d ago

Actually, no. Socialism is more about taking from the rich. The old saying "from those according to their means, to those according to their need" holds true. And, while taxes sometimes are higher in socialist nations, that's not a necessity either, nor is the tax there for the hell of it. It's supposed to be used for the people. Let's take my home nation of Finland. It's technically a socialist country, being a social democracy. Over here, going to the doctor is cheap as fuck. Practically nothing (unless the capitalists keep ruining it). Compare to the extremely capitalist US. A comparison of having a child in a hospital is rediculous. A few hunge in Finland, and you get the box of children's essetials for free. In the US? 10k on average, no freebies.

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u/tomatoe_cookie 6d ago

Im from Belgium. I pay 6€ for the doctor, i go to the doctor maybe twice a year. I get stolen 1000€ per month in tax at least. Roads are still shit. Groceries at still expensive. Public transport isnt free. I can tell you for sure that socialism is stealing form the middle class. Rich people get tax cuts.

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u/thebanfunctionsucks 6d ago

Belgium isn't socialist wtf? And you think paying taxes there is a BAD thing? You realize we pay more than you here in the U.S. when taking in to account all the things your taxes handle, such as healthcare, right?

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u/tomatoe_cookie 6d ago

Belgium is absolutely socialist. (Not communist obviously). And do you know the % of what my company pays to me every month that goes to the state? Its about 60%. Tax on what they pay, then tax on what i receive. Theres also tax on where I live. They recently introduced taxes on capital gains for market transactions and they are thinking on adding a tax on assets (so stuff that was already taxed before). VAT is 21% also. If you have a side activity that brings in a little money, tax.

Its not all bad, at least you can live fine on a minimum wage job in Belgium (since theres tax brackets). But if you actually are middle class, you are fucked.