Ping Pong Lyrics

Lyric discussion by JamesLove 

Cover art for Ping Pong lyrics by Stereolab

The great irony is that poor economies all across the globe are the result of socialism, not capitalism.

Take a look at Greece, Spain, etc.

They are all socialist countires.

The capitalist countries are doing much better. Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Switzerland and New Zealand.

My Opinion

@JamesLove Those countries are struggling at the moment due to the GFC, which is exactly what this songs about- bigger crashes etc. I actually know people who've moved from Singapore because of the relentless and exhausting work hours. The countries that seem to prosper best have careful mixed the two. I'd rather be an ordinary person in Finland or France than Hong Kong. BTW Australia in common with NZ & Switzerland have considerable government intervention and support for the population- what Americans would probably call "socialism".

@JamesLove The GFC was caused by government intervention. For example, the United States made the politically correct by intellectually incorrect move of forcing banks to deadbeats. The deadbeats predictably defaulted. The idiotic socialist naturally blamed the banks.

Singapore is in much better financial shape than Finland and France which are bankrupt. While Australia, NZ and Switzerland have government intervention, they have less than the US and considerably less problems than the socialist darling countries of Europe such as Greece.

As for the Scandinavian countries that Bernie Sanders loves: 1) They were better off decades ago before they went socialist. 2) Scandinavians are...

@JamesLove Fair enough, point made. Now run along like a good capitalist and listen to Justin Bieber, Kanye or some such.