Che?

So does it make me a bad person that I really admire Che Guevara? I think that socialism is how the government can protect the people from the greed of big business. Lots of people seem to look at the government as the problem, but the government exists to serve the people, and it answers to the people. It's our tool. The private sector has no such checks on it. It answers only to profits and its stockholders. So I'm sorry if I want the government to protect the people from companies who are out to make money no matter the cost. Healthcare, for example. It's a big business. Like any business, hospitals and insurance companies are there to make a profit. Who wins? The businesses. Who loses? The population. The difference between having private, profit driven companies to control things like this and then the government is that the government is elected by the people. If people don't like what the government is doing they need to become more active. Corruption in government is bred by apathy. Corruption in business is there to begin with. The private sector is not there to look out for the interests of the little man. The motto of the private sector is to make money, and the consequences be damned. I'd rather trust people I elected and whose job depends on how well they serve the people than people who want to exploit us for monetary gain. That's why I don't understand those who feel that the private sector is going to look out for the interests of the common people. It's not good business to do so, which is part of why government is profitable, but why it's also necessary. So, if that makes me a socialist, then so be it. I'm a socialist.