reply to post by undo
Ok so I feel obliged to respond to your claim that the United States is "pretty socialistic." I live in Canada which is far more socialist than the
United States will ever be (notice the qualifier 'more' I'm not saying Canada IS socialist) and I find it strange that you're claiming that the US
is socialistic by any stretch of the imagination.
Socialism means a lot of different things to different people which may perhaps be where I'm not following here but in my experience socialism refers
to the ideal of attaining a classless, communal society by using the state to reform itself to the point where it becomes obsolete and then can be
done away with all together. Any Political Science majors out there I apologize for such a watered down definition but it's to make a point. If
we're following those criteria then I fail to see any steps being taken by the American government to meet such goals which would render them
non-socialist.
If by socialism you mean (and I think you do), state control of industry and business' then the current US government is even LESS of a candidate for
'socialism.' In this case the implication is that the government owns business and industry but in the US it's the opposite, business and industry
undoubtedly control the government.
If you define socialism in some other way then I would be more than happy to hear it as I recognize that I may have missed your intent. If I have then
please elaborate so that I can understand the point you are driving at in a more complete fashion.
In Sincerity