what is the problem with Socialism, anyway?
Obama doesn’t actually show any signs of being a Socialist, but just for the sake of argument, so what if he did? Why specifically would that be bad? Americans are really strange about their ideas of Socialism. When you hear a right-winger, hair perfectly parted, shake his empty head and moan about how this or that person wants to bring the evils of Socialism to America, I always want to ask them what they think they’re talking about. Do they imagine Obama up there on the podium, wearing a heavy fur hat with a red star on it, as he salutes a parade of goose-stepping soldiers and ICBMs pulled by tanks? Are they imagining the National Guard burning down churches, and people lining up around the block to pick up their government-issue toothpaste ration? Seriously? Yes, apparently most Americans really are that stupid. It would be as if the word Democracy could only be used in reference to white-bearded Greeks in togas, arguing and lounging on white marble and furs while boy-servants poure
