Yeshua,
You don't want to argue but keep pushing the arguments as you see fit.?
As i wrote we have more freedom as you people over there and put up the proof.
You come up with the many time debunked rightwing religious drivel without proof. i live here and know what i see and my family i speak every week in the USA tells me what i need to know.
As does the independant news sources like BBC, our news and many more.
I always try to see every side of an argument even your's but it lacks proof or knowledge and is based on false religious drivel.
The difference between Communism and social democracy is flying by most here reading the posts.
Just for reminders
Communism is a political ideology that is based on a common ownership, mainly concerned with equality and fairness. In communism, the power is vested in a group of people who decide the course of action. It is this group of people who decide on the activities of the public. These groups of people may interfere in the public life of others. On the other hand, democracy, which also stands for equality in the society, is governed by a group of elected people. Democracy is a rule by the people and the elected representatives are bound to fulfil the wishes of the society.
We live in a democracy here where the PEOPLE and elected representatives are bound to fulfill our wishes from the people.
A big difference seen between democracy and communism is in the term of economic systems. In communism, the government has complete control over the production and distribution of goods and all the resources and it is shared in the society equally. But in democracy, this aspect is not there.
We have a pure capitalist society which we actually invented.
Your country just did a copy cat there.
In communism, it is the community or the society that holds the major resources and production. This helps in preventing any single person or a group of people from raising to a higher position than others or becoming rich. But in democracy, free enterprising is allowed, which means that people or groups can have their own businesses. This can lead to rich and poor in society.
Coming to democracy, there are no specific principles that define it. But democracy is based on the principle of equality and freedom. It is also based on the principle that all citizens have equal rights. Another principle that defines democracy is that the citizens have certain liberties and freedoms, which are protected by the constitution.
In communism private ownership is not allowed whereas in democracy it is allowed.
Lots of private property here free enterprises and ownership here, most people own their house or business and our constitution gives us our liberties and equal rights.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nl.html
The Dutch United Provinces declared their independence from Spain in 1579; during the 17th century, they became a leading seafaring and commercial power, with settlements and colonies around the world. After a 20-year French occupation, a Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized nation, the Netherlands is also a large exporter of agricultural products. The country was a founding member of NATO and the EEC (now the EU) and participated in the introduction of the euro in 1999. In October 2010, the former Netherlands Antilles was dissolved and the three smallest islands - Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba - became special municipalities in the Netherlands administrative structure. The larger islands of Sint Maarten and Curacao joined the Netherlands and Aruba as constituent countries forming the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
constitutional monarchy
Constitution:
adopted 1815; amended many times
Legal system:
civil law system based on the French system; constitution does not permit judicial review of acts of the States General
Executive branch:
chief of state: King WILLEM-ALEXANDER (since 30 April 2013)
head of government: Prime Minister Mark RUTTE (since 14 October 2010); Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk ASSCHER (since 5 November 2012); note - Mark RUTTE tendered his resignation 23 April 2012; new elections were held on 12 September 2012 in which his party won the most seats; during the interim period he remained in office in a care-taking position; he was sworn in again to be prime minister on 5 November 2012
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the monarch
(For more information visit the World Leaders website )
elections: the monarchy is hereditary; following Second Chamber elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of a majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch; deputy prime ministers appointed by the monarch
note: there is also a Council of State composed of the monarch, heir apparent, and councilors that provides consultations to the cabinet on legislative and administrative policy
Legislative branch:
bicameral States General or Staten Generaal consists of the First Chamber or Eerste Kamer (75 seats; members indirectly elected by the country's 12 provincial councils to serve four-year terms) and the Second Chamber or Tweede Kamer (150 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve at most four-year terms)
elections: First Chamber - last held on May 2011 (next to be held in May 2015); Second Chamber - last held on 12 September 2012 (next to be held by September 2016)
election results: First Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - VVD 16, PvdA 14, CDA 11, PVV 10, SP 8, D66 5, GL 5, other 6; Second Chamber - percent of vote by party - VVD 26.6%, PvdA 24.8%, PVV, 10.1%, SP 9.7%, CDA 8.5%, D66 8.0%, CU 3.1%, GL 6.7%, other 2.5%; seats by party - VVD 41, PvdA 38, PVV 15, SP 15, CDA 13, D66 12, CU 5, GL 4, other 7
Judicial branch:
Supreme Court or Hoge Raad (justices are nominated for life by the monarch)
The Netherlands is situated on the North Sea across from Great Britain. The Netherlands emerged from Catholic Spain's control in the 16th century to become a continental power. Considered the first true capitalist country, the Netherlands also became a model welfare state after World War II. With just 16.5 million people, the Netherlands has among the world's most dynamic economies, which in 2006 ranked 13th for gross national income, or GNI ($42,670), and ranked ninth ($37,580) by PPP (purchasing power parity, which takes into account inflation and other factors).
Like much of Western and Northern Europe, the Netherlands after the war had dynamic free-market growth and development of a broad social welfare policy. It granted independence to former colonies and rejected its former practice of neutrality, first by organizing the Benelux Union (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg) in 1948. It then helped found the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952, which was the forerunner of the European Economic Community and today's European Union. The Netherlands was also an original member of NATO, formed in April 1949. Internationally, the Netherlands has also sought to stand out as a country with strong concerns for human rights and humanitarian issues, providing a fixed part of its gross domestic product (GDP) for foreign assistance (about 0.8 percent; approximately $5.4 billion in 2005) and offering sanctuary for refugees, especially those from former colonies.
The Constitution of the Netherlands establishes a parliamentary democracy with full protections for individual freedoms and minority rights. The bicameral parliament consists of a 75-member First Chamber (Eerste Kamer) and a 150-member Second Chamber (Tweede Kamer). The Second Chamber is directly elected at least every four years by proportional representation according to party lists. Members to the First Chamber are indirectly elected for four-year terms by the provincial parliaments.
Postwar Netherlands elections and governments have thus represented different political majorities and minorities at different points in time. Government policy has alternated broadly between the Right (pro–free market and trade, pro-NATO, restrictive immigration policy, socially conservative) and the Left (pro–social welfare and union, socially liberal, more pro-immigrant). But because all governments have required coalitions, the majority was found in the mixture of these ideas together with platforms with minority views. There are no ethnically based parties, but there are 15 ethnic minority members as members of party lists and factions.
Blows a big hole in the meme of ebil socialism isn't it?
Try to get informed before you start running crap.
