why did socialism never rooted in the U.S.?

Answer 1

Socialism never had a chance in the US. Read (german social scientist) Werner Sombart's "Why is there no Socialism in America?" He wrote it more than 100 years ago.

Some reasons he gives:

1) America had a large frontier and room for expansion.

2) The right to vote had been established in America quite some time before it had been in most European countries. In America, the universal franchise was in place BEFORE the industrial revolution was in full effect. In Europe, the franchise was generally available only AFTER the industrial revolution had transformed society. This had an effect on how socialism took root.

3) The lack of a feudalistic past in the United States. [My note: interestingly, the European nations that held onto feudalism the longest were in general also the ones to fall to fascism and communism... coincidence?]

4) The material abundance of the American continent.

Irving Howe disputes many of Sombart's notions, however. So they are both worth a look-see.


Love, Jack.

Answer 2

Because...let's see

1) Tradition of freedom and self-reliance.

2) Real-world evidence of its astonishing failure elsewhere it had been tried.

3) The violence, political repression, and tyranny that is a natural and necessary consequence of that system has always been a bit of a turn-off.

4) A fairly decently educated population that could not be demagogued into believing the kind of propaganda and sophistries that the illiterate peasant masses of Europe were susceptible to.

Of course, the above reasons are why mass immigration has always been popular with a certain political party well-known for cozying up with that philosophy. The only way socialism can be brought to the US is through radical cultural change, by replacing the native-born population with another population much less educated, without a tradition of freedom and self-reliance, and more acustomed to the idea of an all-powerful nanny state.

Who wants to predict that this election will turn on how a certain population, legal and illegal, votes this year, through the mobilization efforts of a certain popitical party?

Answer 3

Actually all of the answers so far are incorrect.

It is actually rooted in our socio-economic system to a certain level. This was FDR's concept with the New Deal in order to get us out of the Great Depression.

What he did was create a brilliant system that combines socialism with capitalism. The reason is because pure capitalist economies throughout history never seem to survive. They always tend to result in an enormous gap between the rich and poor that eventually destroys the middle class then ends in a revolt by the masses.

He recognized this and decided to create certain protections for the very poor (welfare), the elderly (social security) and to have the ones who benefited most from capitalism pay more for that privilege (luxury tax).

That's just a few examples of the New Deal but you get the concept.

Some historians claim that the New Deal and FDR's other changes are what prevented us from becoming a third world country with the most wealthy families controlling us while families lived in cardboard boxes outside of their job locations. (I just described Mexico)

Keep in mind he was president 12 years... without his changes we might have ended up with a dictator.

Even with his creation of regulation of Wall Street (the SEC), you can see how he was a socialist trying to make the most advantaged in society accountable and keeping them from taking control of the country. IE, before him families like the Rockerfellers dominated the business world.

I could go on and on because I have thought about this a lot over the past few years due to the republicans trying to reverse all aspects of FDR's New Deal.

Answer 4

Socialism supplies authorities administration of all aspects of production in a u . s .. It calls for actual-down planning. the actually way for that type of economic equipment to artwork is that if the planners have complete understanding and ought to workout proper judgement (perchance you will locate the position i pick this). i trust this to be no longer plausible. there is not any way for a authorities to have a proper information of each and every of the mitigating aspects that interior sight actors understand. there is too a lot to be certain out. upload democracy on actual of that and unexpectedly, with a view to vote for the splendid planners, everybody has to draw close each and every thing. factors will be misallocated. that is an inefficient equipment. the great element with regard to the loose marketplace is that understanding should be extremely specialist. the fellow actually has to fret about the marketplace he's in my opinion keen about. there's a lot less that he desires to draw close so it makes it more convenient to make splendid judgements even as using factors.

Answer 5

We were fighting communism at the time. Anything that smacked even remotely of communism or socialism was an anathema. This is still the cause for the rejection of actual reform of employment, universal medical care and education.

Answer 6

Because socialism, historically, has been a miserable failure. But, not to worry, the hard left is doing their best to get it rooted here--and with some success, I regret to say.

Answer 7

because it is a figment in the imagination of neo fiscal conservatives small minds,, socialism: any various means of controlling the economy,, owned by a centralized government, that plans and controls,,,,
Republicans offer capitalism or Fascism,,,,

Democrats are are for replies not just responses,, to security, the war on terror,, border control, better education, individual right of legal citizens, small business growth,, farmers, independent ownership, manufacturing jobs restored to American citizens,, restoring honor for those who defend what we believe, and not just belief itself

Answer 8

Our forefthers wanted freedom from oppressive taxes. Social progarms should be just that. a communties concern not a governments concern.

Answer 9

Socialism still lives in the Democrat Party.

Answer 10

becaused peopled thoughted thated ited wased eviled duringed the red scares of the 20th century. nevertheless, it did "root" during the earlier half of said century. it would have likely gone further if fdr had not entered office and saved "proper" western capitalism.