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If the US of today is "socialist", the word has lost all meaning. They can't even increase health care coverage without ensuring that corporations profit off o
by the_why_of_y 11y ago
If the US of today is "socialist", the word has lost all meaning. They can't even increase health care coverage without ensuring that corporations profit off of it, never mind the economic waste.
The wikipedia article also contains this apt observation:
"The term socialist has also been used by some politicians on the political right as an epithet against certain individuals who do not consider themselves to be socialists, and against policies that are not considered socialist by their proponents."