"Liberals' secret weapon when debating: fallacy of relative privation (AKA ""appeal to worse problems"" or ""not as bad as"" argument): view the rest of the comments  Socialism is a plight upon humanity.  Almost like having pure unadulterated socialism is an  incomplete means to try to respond to  scarcity...almost...like unadulterated capitalism.  I don't want to live in 1950's Ukraine. also don't want to  live in 1900's USA. I'd like to live in a country where in  important sectors, there is healthy competition between  the private and public sector, and both have to adhere to  responsible environmental and fiscal regulation...  Socialism and capitalism are not equals.  One has resulted in deAth and famine everywhere it's  been tried. The other has gotten the most people out of  poverty in the history of the world.  Capitalism is not perfect but it's so far superior to  socialism that it's not even funny. Liberals' secret weapon when debating: fallacy of relative privation (AKA ""appeal to worse problems"" or ""not as bad as"" argument)"
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