Is Socialism a good thing?

[dead0man]

like with most things....
-a little of it is fine
-a moderate amount can be fine or it can be not so fine, depends on what you want and how much you're willing to sacrifice to get it
-a lot of it is bad


you may now return to hacking at each other

[dead0man]

You may be right. I guess a little socialism couldn't hurt. I just worry that becoming a socialist country could set the stage for us becoming outright communist.

Only the very far left want to nationalize important industries....thankfully.  They are not in charge and probably never will be.  We don't want them to go away either, it's good to have people around to keep our arguments against them strong.  If they go away for generation, we may forget why it was such bad idea and try it again.  Plus it gives a place for the nutters to go.  If you take away the nutters home, they might move in with you.