Maher Promotes Socialism as 'Capitalism Plus,' Laments 'Our System Kind of Sucks'

Ryan Foley | March 30, 2019
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After highlighting that the top ten countries on the UN's "world happiness rankings" are "socialist-friendly," Real Time host Bill Maher continued advocating for socialism by noting that all of the aforementioned countries have "some form of universal health care, all have free or almost free higher education, all have strong unions, pensions, and social safety nets."  Maher suggested referring to socialism as "capitalism plus" before concluding his monologue by going after Nikki Haley for calling into question the effectiveness of Finland's healthcare: "it's almost as if our system kind of sucks. You know why we can't have nice things like Finland has? Because we're ruled by corporatist nincompoops like Nikki Haley who write books with titles like 'Can't is Not an Option,' when in America, can't is not only an option, it's usually the only option."