Are Democrats just a bunch of socialists?
I don’t have much interest in talk radio anymore, but I gather there has been some recent controversy about people like Rush Limbaugh calling liberal Democrats “socialists.” Democrats seem offended by this charge. A recent post by Schrivener.net showed some interesting poll results. It seems that Republicans favor capitalism over socialism by an 11-1 margin, whereas Dems favor capitalism by only a 39-30 margin. I should say right up front that such polls are not very meaningful, as terms like ‘capitalism’ and ’socialism’ mean very different things to different people. Even so, are you as surprised as I am that 3 million Republicans say they favor socialism? (There was obviously a “neither” choice offered as well.) Regarding the 30% of Dems who favor socialism, I suppose it might be the case that they are simply referring to a social-welfare state like Denmark (and perhaps they didn’t read my blog post pointing out Denmark is the most free market economy on Earth.) I suppose that would
