Why Do Liberals Think That The Government Has To Control Everything To Make The World Work Right

Do liberals really think socialism will work in America, like in countries such as Sweden and Denmark? America is a superpower, both militaristically and economically. How could we ever install socialism, with so many differing political views?

Do liberals really think socialism will work?You’re american, aren’t you? You should stop listening to Fox News.Sweden and Denmark are not socialist. They are capitalistic, social democracies. There is no command economy, just a strong welfare state funded by high taxes. And that’s exactly the point why american establishment calls them socialist, to provoke an emotional reaction based on the experience of the Cold War. They want you to think of a state of permanent threat of destruction, of oppression, of shortage on pretty much everything, not of social security, civil rights, health care and overall high living standards for everyone. They want you not to want a social democracy because that would mean high taxes that they would have to pay. They already have social security, civil rights, health care and a high living standard. They just don’t want you to have it, too, if it means they have to share their social security, civil rights, health care and a high living standard. Therefore they constantly relabel everything social socialist so that you would not want it.And even if you don’t buy it, a critical mass of people in a similar situation like you does. And that’s the real reason why you don’t have a social democracy, not differing political views. You believe in the wrong persons. Stop believing in the Trumps, start believing in the Sanders. Once the critical mass realizes that a social democracy is possible, that they would greatly benefit from it and vote for the politicians who actually want to make a change, you can have it. But not with the Trumps, the Obamas, the Bushs or the Clintons.

Why do liberals and democrats believe in big government?

Your premise is incorrect and an echoing of GOP propaganda.  Government has repeated grown more under GOP governance than under Democrat governance.  Remember that before the GOP used ‘liberal; as part of their campaign strategy, that there were liberals in the Republican party. The Tea Party radicals purged them from the party. Our environmental and conservation (saving our wilderness) comes from the old Republican party.So what are the actual differences between the two parties as they now stand.  Democrats core values are defending civil rights for all people. This spans gender, gender identity, race, religion, etc.  Protecting the environment, giving us clean air, water, land and wilderness. Educating our people, giving every child and young adult equal quality education.  Getting basic health care to all of our people.  While both parties support our military, the Democrats focus on our soldiers while the GOP focuses on industry.  Republicans increase the size of our government by increasing funding to industry and as I said that includes the military. Currently if you want to decrease our debt, the only way you can do that is to decrease military spending.To understand how much our military spending has gotten out of control, that spending is larger than all of our adversaries combined. You would have to include allies to make it equal. So we are basically putting ourselves against the entire world. We have enough nuclear weapons to blow the entire world up over 50 times.  "At the beginning of World War II, we had a relatively small army, smaller than Portugal’s." — Ken Paxton on Friday, June 6th, 2014 in a speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention. Despite that we were able to change our industry almost over night and fight WWII. The GOP essentially supports corporate WELFARE. The military is forced to buy equipment, weapons, ships, aircraft, etc. that it does not want and cannot use. When they are forced to make cuts due to a sequester they eliminate soldiers. Our wealthiest corporations do not pay taxes and are in fact getting taxpayer money.  President Clinton and Vice President Gore cut our regulations more than any Republican before or since. That administration eliminated our deficit spending and actually gave us a surplus. Our debt is the GOP debt and it comes from military spend and tax cuts to the 1%.So please don’t repeat the GOP propaganda. That bird won’t fly.

Why do conservatives blame everything on liberals?

Let me add a more general thought here. Yes, each side blames the other. We’ve designed politics as a competitive game, so that’s what they are supposed to do. But this political game blinds us to one really important, and quite recent, development. Specifically, it has only been in about the last half century that thinkers in various fields—economics, immunology, climate science, and so on—have actually had the conceptual and data analysis tools to know how to diagnose and solve or mitigate collective and societal problems. The major difference between the parties is that Dems, haltingly and imperfectly, want to take advantage of these tools to solve problems. The GOP just wants power and wealth for itself. In these more enlightened and interconnected times, we can see that government DOES play a central role in problem solving. Government is not the enemy. There really is a difference between the two approaches, and blame is properly directed at those who deny science and progress for their own selfish advancement.