As this shocking graph indicates…
Via Conor Clarke at The Atlantic, we get a visual on what dreaded state of encroaching socialism in the United States looks like after government intervention in American industry…
82.3 billion in assets owned by socialist U.S. government
You know, nationalization is not the only part of Socialism/Communism. One needs to learn to know.
http://animal-farm.us/change/we-are-all-socialists-now-446
Yeah, whatever… To paraphrase famous libertarian, Penn Gillette, being an American citizen is like being in a club. You pay your dues, in the form of taxes, and you get certain membership benefits, such as access to health care, access to club-owned land, club grants, unemployment benefits, retirement funds, and protection from other rival clubs.
You also get a say in who’s in charge by means of a vote in your national elections, as well as votes in state and local elections.
This system has been in place for a very long time now. If you know your history, you should appreciate the fact that you’ve been a “socialist” pretty much all this time.
In any case, I’m from Canada. We have only recently started to privatize much of our “Crown corporations” and “Crown-owned land”. We understand the concept of nationalization and socialization even better than in the U.S.