do you think socialism will ever become popular again in our country?

Answer 1

We have taught entitlements for a long time in the US & in the 1st World. It is very soon going to come back & haunt us. We will be bit very hard as the energy crisis collides with the baby-boomers retirement bill. According to the latest press reports over 50% of the US government budget is consumed by Social Security, Medicare, & Medicade. The present positive cashflow of Social Security can only be invested in government debt.

If we don't change the economics of renewable energy expect the economy of 1850 by the year 2050! Have fun. Don't expect any welfare or any other social program. There will not be any funds for it. Everyones even the "Rich" will have a much lower life style. In some ways the poor in the US today have toys that the wealth in 1850 couldn't even fathom.

Answer 2

Socialism is a part of the modern economic system of the USA. No, we don't have a comprehensive universal health care system, but we do have a system wherein Medicare, Social Security, Unemployment Compensation, and other social programs exist.

We do have a market orientated economic system, but to say that some socialism does not exist is wrong. I feel that it is inevitable that future demands for social services will increase, as Labor Unions and the collective bargaining brought on behalf of workers will continue to decline.

Answer 3

It is STILL popular among those who get more than they contribute.
To them, the "gummint" is supposed to take care of them all their lives, no storm can reach them, no illness can kill them, etc.
Trying to stem the progress of socialistic government is not too popular among the majority - but I agree we need some of it in a few areas.
Remember, "Social Security" was a very socialistic idea in the 1930's, when it was offered as a help to family's with older people who could no longer work. Now it's considered an entitlement.
Balance is not easy, pendulums keep on swinging back and forth.

Answer 4

no it is an experiment that failed everywhere. Each gives according to his ability and takes according to his needs. We learned that under that system some peoples needs are insatiable,, and that you can't save or get ahead cause you can't own any property without special permission. Turns everyone into a society of petty thieves stealing windshield wipers off cars, cause it is "every ones" car. But everyone doesn't' get the keys. Smaller countries with homogeneous pops can do a version of sharing/socialism that sort of works but people retain private property rights, Canada one of the examples and the socialists were just voted out there.

Answer 5

Socialism is alive and destroying America

Examples of Socialism

1. Social Security-government takes care of your retirement and sucks at it.
2. Medicare-government pays for health care
3. Prescription drugs-government pays for that
4. The movement for national health care by Democrats-more socialism
5. Progressive tax system. 96% of federal taxes paid by top 50% of earners. This is income redistribution.

There is plenty more where this came from.

Answer 6

There has never been socialism in the United States.

Answer 7

Lets Hope not.

"The greatest guilt today is that of people who accept collectivism by moral default; the people who seek protection form the necessity of taking a stand, refusing to admit to themselves the of that which they are accepting; the people who support plans specifically designed to achieve serfdom, but hide behind the empty assertion that they are lovers of freedom, with no concrete meaning attached to the word; the people who believe that the content of ideas need not be examined, that principles need not be defined, and that facts can be eliminated by keeping one’s eyes shut. They expect, when they find themselves in a world of bloody ruins and concentration camps, to escape moral responsibility by wailing: “But I didn’t mean this!”

Those who want slavery should have the grace to name it by its proper name. They must face the full meaning of that which they are advocating or condoning; the full, exact, specific meaning of collectivism, of its logical implications, of the principles upon which it is based, and of the ultimate consequences to which these principles will lead.

They must face it, then decide whether this is what they want or not. " –Ayn Rand, April 1946

If it does ruin will not be far behind it.

Answer 8

Hun, you are on the wrong site. Socialism was never popular here in America.

Answer 9

No. The United States was never truly socialist like U.K. or India. There is a strong economic culture of individualism that will repel socialist thinking or tendencies.

Answer 10

only if the Dems get a president and a majority in the House/Senate...then look out, Universal Healthcare time again...