October 23rd, 2009
If Healthy Citizenry is Socialism, the Majority of Us Are Probably Socialists
Does the world socialism even have a denotation anymore? It seems to me that the word no longer carries a meaning aside from its utility in ad hominum attacks. The word is hurled around a lot nowadays, often in seemingly oxymoronic statements, such as: ‘Obama is a socialist Nazi’. Although such a statement is utter nonsense for anyone with any knowledge of history, its usage in the contemporary political setting does provide some insight to the role of the public/social sector of the United States since the 1940’s.
National Socialism (often with reference to Nazism) refers to a political/economic policy opposed to capitalism, communism, and liberalism, elements all inherent in United State’s policies in the last 7 decades. The United States does not share with this ideology the belief in racial struggle/hyper-nationalism. It is obvious that United States is anti-communism, but many still consider the US as the epitome of capitalism, a fact I would strongly contend. The social sector is a huge part of our economy, our cutting-edge technological advancements, and the rise of our country as a global hegemony.
