Choice depends on the freedom to choose and if you are shackled with debt you don't have the freedom to choose.
Tony BennMy alternative to American superpower is the UN and I might add when China becomes the worlds greatest superpower you will need it too.
Tony BennThe nature of the economic system should be a matter for public choice, and free market capitalism should not be accepted without any discussion of the rich variety of alternatives ... Unlike civil laws, economic laws are imposed on people with all the authority of immutable laws of nature. But the economy is created by people, supported by government intervention, regulation, statute and subsidy, and implemented in such a way that it gives substantial wealth and power to a privileged few, while the majority face a life of relentless work, stress and periodic financial insecurity.
Tony Benn