Sanders does not believe that health care should be regulated. He believes it should be controlled by the government. It's a direct condemnation of capitalism. It's a socialist idea because the government would be paying for it. Government paying is another way of saying the taxpayer pays for it. The more that people are taxed, and the more that the government controls, the more socialist a government is by definition.

I'm getting this from philosophers like John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, who were integral to the founding idea of our republic and our Constitution. I suggest reading Locke's two treatises of government. I think you'll get a better idea of what I'm saying.

u/mattymillhouse · 3 points r/suggestmeabook

Good list.

I might add:

Rousseau -- Social Contract
You can also add in Rousseau's Discourses

Machiavelli -- The Prince

Aristotle -- Politics

Locke -- Two Treatises of Government

Hayek -- The Road to Serfdom

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