What would America look like without any socialism?

[Lakhota]

It's difficult for me to visualize. Maybe some of you can help me see it...

Some food for thought:

OpEdNews - Article: Facing Socialism in America

On socialism, liberalism, and neo-liberalism

Lexical accuracy: The failure of American political speech | The Economist

Obama's No Socialist. I Should Know.

Note to GOP Candidates: Obama's No Socialist | The Nation

Who Says that Socialism is Bad for America? - Yahoo! Voices

Why Do Conservatives Hate Freedom? | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet

 

[Sallow]

England..during the Monarchy.

Or Saudi Arabia.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

It's difficult for me to visualize. Maybe some of you can help me see it...

Businesses that couldn't survive, without federal-subsidies, wouldn't exist.​

 

[auditor0007]

It would look pretty much how it looks now. The only truly socialist countries are countries like Cuba and Venezuela where the government owns and runs pretty much everything. Just because we have some social programs and a social safety net does not really qualify us as being socialist.

 

[Sallow]

It's difficult for me to visualize. Maybe some of you can help me see it...

Businesses that couldn't survive, without federal-subsidies, wouldn't exist.​

Gosh, Shaman..was that so hard?

Simple..direct..no colors..and it made sense.

 

[ScreamingEagle]

It's difficult for me to visualize. Maybe some of you can help me see it...

the American Frontier.......free and independent....

 

[uscitizen]

No railroads or highways or at east only a handful of them.
Same witrh schools and universities, hospitals, etc.

 

[Wry Catcher]

A thrid world plutocracy (what we are becoming).

 

[The Infidel]

It would look pretty much how it looks now. The only truly socialist countries are countries like Cuba and Venezuela where the government owns and runs pretty much everything. Just because we have some social programs and a social safety net does not really qualify us as being socialist.

But we seem to be sliding in that direction, and Obama and his minions are greasing the slide.

 

[Lakhota]

It would look pretty much how it looks now. The only truly socialist countries are countries like Cuba and Venezuela where the government owns and runs pretty much everything. Just because we have some social programs and a social safety net does not really qualify us as being socialist.

I disagree base on my thread question (any socialism)! I'm sure wingnuts REALLY disagree.

 

[Sallow]

It would look pretty much how it looks now. The only truly socialist countries are countries like Cuba and Venezuela where the government owns and runs pretty much everything. Just because we have some social programs and a social safety net does not really qualify us as being socialist.

Our country..from the very beginning..has been a blend of many ideas. It doesn't mean it's one thing or another..

And it's ridiculous, really, to harp on and on about socialism. The very nature of representative government..is socialist.

The complete opposite of that..is government that has no input from the general public. Like a Monarchy.

 

[ScreamingEagle]

no nanny state dictating our lives...

 

[The Infidel]

It's difficult for me to visualize. Maybe some of you can help me see it...

Businesses that couldn't survive, without federal-subsidies, wouldn't exist.​

Gosh, Shaman..was that so hard?

Simple..direct..no colors..and it made sense.

 

[Lakhota]

no nanny state dictating our lives...

Aw, a wingnut jumps out of the woodwork. Sooo, please describe your fantasy America without ANY socialism.

 

[The Infidel]

It would look pretty much how it looks now. The only truly socialist countries are countries like Cuba and Venezuela where the government owns and runs pretty much everything. Just because we have some social programs and a social safety net does not really qualify us as being socialist.

Our country..from the very beginning..has been a blend of many ideas. It doesn't mean it's one thing or another..

And it's ridiculous, really, to harp on and on about socialism. The very nature of representative government..is socialist.

The complete opposite of that..is government that has no input from the general public. Like a Monarchy.

This is true... but we are being conditioned to accept more and more gov't intrusion and I for one am sick of it.
Our constitution has been ignored for way too long.

 

[Lakhota]

It would look pretty much how it looks now. The only truly socialist countries are countries like Cuba and Venezuela where the government owns and runs pretty much everything. Just because we have some social programs and a social safety net does not really qualify us as being socialist.

Our country..from the very beginning..has been a blend of many ideas. It doesn't mean it's one thing or another..

And it's ridiculous, really, to harp on and on about socialism. The very nature of representative government..is socialist.

The complete opposite of that..is government that has no input from the general public. Like a Monarchy.

This is true... but we are being conditioned to accept more and more gov't intrusion and I for one am sick of it.
Our constitution has been ignored for way too long.

If what you say is true, why is the 5-4 wingnut Supreme Court allowing this to happen?

 

[ScreamingEagle]

no nanny state dictating our lives...

Aw, a wingnut jumps out of the woodwork. Sooo, please describe your fantasy America without ANY socialism.

i have been.....can't you read...?

hm.....no gun permits.....

no limit on socialist varmits...

 

[Lakhota]

no nanny state dictating our lives...

Aw, a wingnut jumps out of the woodwork. Sooo, please describe your fantasy America without ANY socialism.

i have been.....can't you read...?

hm.....no gun permits.....

no limit on socialist varmits...

Describe an America without any socialism from the very beginning up until now. Can you...?

 

[asterism]

It's difficult for me to visualize. Maybe some of you can help me see it...

Co-ops are not socialism.

Bad premise.

 

[oreo]

It's difficult for me to visualize. Maybe some of you can help me see it...

What would it look like? less of this: