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[–]Tom_Bombadil 8 insightful - 6 fun8 insightful - 5 fun9 insightful - 6 fun -  (2 children)

There's plenty of Socialism in the US and Americans actually love it. Unfortunately, they don't recognize it when they see it.

Some examples of socialism in the US:

  • Public highways and roads
  • Medicare
  • water treatment
  • Electricity
  • Natural gas
  • Sewers and
  • Social Security
  • Fire departments
  • Police departments
  • Public Education
  • National parks, state parks, etc.
  • And many others

Many of these could be improved, however overall they are very successful programs.

Socialist programs are routinely sabotaged by private interests who prioritize personal profits ahead of the society. The US post office is a great example of a socialist program that was sabotaged.

At one time the post office provided banking services. Small loans, check cashing, checking accounts, savings accounts, etc. It operated at just above the cost to operate, and made a small profit which was reinvested to improve services.

The scandalous attack against the post office is an on-going. Congress Is Sabotaging Your Post Office

The state of North Dakota has public banking and it is an exceptionally successful program.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_North_Dakota

[–]Velocity 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Americans love socialism? That's why they're fleeing socialist leaning states right? No one fall for this tripe. You are conflagrating basic public services with a mediocre economic ideology that steals 60% or more of your hard earned money to redistribute to those less productive than you as it slowly stifles innovation and turns you into a de facto ward of the state with increasingly dwindling civil rights. Humans innately tend towards corruption, socialism increases govt power centralizing and emboldening this corruption.

Studying history will give you the truth and reveal people who espouse socialism as daydreaming fools who have learned nothing from history.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You are conflagrating basic public services...

Did you really create a new account to attempt to shill with this nonsense bullshit on your first comment??

You're congratulating your own credibility.