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Wall Street’s Dream Is Privatizing Social Security & Medicare…But They’re Here to Stay!

The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

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The Ideology of Capitalism

The resistance to social security by business communities and the wealthy stems from the ideology of capitalism that views government involvement as negative, favoring private profit-making. This opposition was rooted in the belief that programs should be run by private entities to generate profits for those at the top of the corporate ladder.

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