Never Socialism?

Trump and Pence have said that the US will never be a Socialist country. Meanwhile, the “Resistance” has not exactly opposed that statement, when the only thing they are “resisting” is the Progressive left, which moves inexorably further toward finding Socialism highly favorable.

Thing is, even claiming that the US will “never be a Socialist country” is an inane comment to begin with. It demonstrates a complete ignorance of the fact that this country has many Socialist-leaning programs and constructs in place which have been present for many decades. Without these programs, the US economy would almost completely collapse and our society would definitely collapse. This is beyond question or doubt to any rational observer, as so many of these programs and constructs form the bedrock on which our society stands.

I have stated before the definition of socialist programs means any government program which is funded by society for the benefit of society, is by definition, Socialist in nature. The word Socialist has the root word of social, meaning society and the members of that society.

So, let’s take a look at a short list of some of the programs to which I refer-

Public schools. Public schools are what provide basic education to tens of millions of children and teenagers every year. Without public schools, only the most affluent in society would be able to afford the lowest level of education. Without education, this country stands no chance of competing with other countries in any area of industry at all…