>Socialism led to the USSR and modern China, the USA's greatest rivals, due to their combination of large population, non-trivial wealth, and expansionist tende

>Socialism led to the USSR and modern China, the USA's greatest rivals, due to their combination of large population, non-trivial wealth, and expansionist tendencies. Hence, the association of "socialism" with USA's enemies. China doesn't have a classical communist type of centrally planned system and it has a very large private sector. Isn't that very much like capitalism? USA's greatest rivals actually kept USA in check from ever expanding and it's funny how you phrased that in terms of socialism. You have no idea what socialism is and mix it freely with whatever sounds good to your point. And don't forget, it's our western capitalistic system which gave China everything on a tray in the pursuit of profit with no regards to long term goals. It is our western capitalism who shipped tens of millions of jobs to China with no regard to national security.