The right says the US is becoming Socialist.

Here's the chart to prove their point.

http://correspondents.theatlantic.com/conor_clarke/2009/06/what_socialism_looks_like.php
What Socialism Looks Like
Have you heard that the United States is headed toward socialism? Jonah Goldberg says it is. Alabama Senator Richard Shelby says it is. Phyllis Schlafly says it is. Richard Viguerie says it is. The Republican National Committee says it is. We must be getting pretty close.

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The Repukes know this and make shit up as they go along.

The idiocy of these people is beyond comprehension.

All our lives we've been fed that paranoia about socialism.

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I can say that and complain and whine about it - doesn't make it so. But it does give me something to complain and whine about. ;)

Besides, so what if we are becoming socialist? Capitalism is an abject failure anyway.

Capitalism hasn't been around very long so the jury is still out on its survival. Or I just remind them that a third of the world lives under Communist government.

Something about a ridiculous "defense" budget that bankrupted the country, much of it wasted on a useless war in Afghanistan, if I remember correctly.

"Those who do not learn from history, etc........"

turf and bleed us dry.

A Bout time eh?

new talking points. Desperate, aren't they? They have to scream "Socialism!" and still, no one pays attention.

There is a serious discussion to be had here, and I think Jon Henke is having it: Socialism, like farenheit, comes in degrees. Sure, a government that nationalizes GM is "more socialist" than one that does not, even if it doesn't mean we're living "under socialism." But differences of degree shouldn't obscure differences of kind, and as Tim Fernholz says, "it's clear that putting the government in charge of private production is not the Obama administration's guiding philosophy."

If it were, 99.79% of the American corporate assets that existed at the start of the Obama administration would not remain in private hands. The differences of degree are so small that they aren't worth mentioning. And yet, somehow, they keep getting mentioned.

near fascism, socialism is looking pretty good.

a good president. What the hell do they know about anything? :-)

Socialism really are.

Although according to that pie chart we still have a Looooooooooooooooong ways to go!

assholes, all.
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Capitalism is OVER. :rofl:

These people would be hilarious if they weren't so damned dangerous.

I didn't realize capitalism was so fragile.

No wonder their party is going extinct.

people have stopped listening.

The socialist countries I have visited offer a far better life for the majority of their citizens than we have in the U.S. I did notice it seems more difficult for any one citizen to become wealthy beyond their wildest dreams.

A few days ago, I got one of those emails from a GOP relative that blamed the government for some Chrysler dealer losing his dealership.

Chrysler. A German Company that was taken over by an Italian company. A privately owned company.

It was Chrysler that breached its contract with the dealer, not the government, yet the GOP loyalists are presenting it as if the government failed to save Chrysler.

For the right, everything they get from government is earned, is deserved, is right. But anything anyone else gets is socialism. We have far more welfare for the rich than for the poor.