Burnsy's done one...

Never said it was.

 

I just think well done to them. I didn’t have the drive or ambition basically being a lazy bugger but unlike members of the SWP and other lefties don’t feel envious of the ones who do well.

 

Agreed. It's a symbiotic relationship.

Like most developed countries have.

Demeaning one or the other seems a bit contrived to me.

 

Could be like Cuba were the street sweepers get the same as teachers.

 

If it wasn’t for the public sector there wouldn’t be a successful private sector either.

Why do you want to make it a competition? Both sectors are important
Both sectors have good people and bad people
Both sectors have successes and failures

 

I don't think anyone on here is truly communist - as you seem to suggest - which is completely different to the social-democratic capitalist ideal most of us in the west aspire to.

 

You think so? Countries with unsuccessful private sectors don’t fare very well. Countries where everyone is a state employee fare even worse.

 

Let’s just all agree burnsy is a **** and close the thread

 

His comments don’t bother me.

 

I am neutral on the question but not all do agree.

 

You picked the worst example to take a dig at considering the percentage of kids in school aged 6-12 in Cuba went from 56% under Batista to 100% by the 1980s.

 

You need to swallow the corporate media spunk of Newscorp, Rothermere, the Telegraph, GB news and the wonky eyed right of the tory party to even think it was a thing.

Like someone goes out to prinny quay or whatever and experiences 'socialist envy' to someone with bigger bags than you.

It's a media construct.

 

Ah, OK. You think the BBC is north Korea?

 

Plenty of very clever people only ever work for others, and some thickos start and grow very successful businesses.

 

This thread has wandered far enough off the topic, and is looking like a good example of why we have the no politics rule.