[Patriam1066]

Assuming the government isn't corrupt, you're correct. Assuming that the government structurally created this problem, you're wrong. A corporate controlled government cannot be used to thwart corporate profiteerism. However, once that government is severely limited in its power and scope, these issues can be addressed. For my part, I don't buy products made in China. Sucks though, especially with phones. I'm using an iPhone that I got a long ass time ago (before I realized what the trade deficit was with China).

Lune, let's say leftists are right about all of their policies. You'd probably point to sweden and Denmark as an example. I don't know why yall don't get that the first issue to address is corruption. Also, state governments are legalizing weed, reforming prisons, and making education and healthcare more efficient (Michigan is trying to cut out insurance companies entirely and allow patients to directly purchase healthcare from doctors). The federal government is the problem, which is why I, and many like me, are steadily moving more towards libertarianism.

Socialism can work, so can capitalism. They work in harmony in places like germany, chile, finland, estonia, Poland... Etc. Looking at reforms in Eastern Europe, specifically Poland, estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania ... Capitalism and moving towards weaker government is what helped to reform these countries. The first step in any system is honestly assessing the problem. The #1 issue beyond right/left debate in the US is to acknowledge that the government is fundamentally unresponsive to what people actually need. I don't see how that gets fixed without sendingn a message that they can be replaced / limited. IE libertarianism