Socialism in the United States
One of the reasons for the demise of the Soviet Union and other
forms of communism, was because such governments opposed the
private ownership of things. The government used socialism to
try to control what a person could own or even hope to achieve
throughout his or her life.
Initially capitalism was based on the idea that an individual
can own what one desires if one chooses to work for it. Under
capitalism, a hard worker can hope to prosper and control one's
life in any way one chooses.
But instead of the capitalist ideal, it seems the United States
of today is more socialist than ever before. Consider the
following elements of current American life.
Hospital care is so high that most individual Americans cannot
afford to pay for it. So they must depend on their employer (
Corporate America).
The price of colleges and other schools are out of range for
most individual Americans. To send their kids to college average
people depend on things like college insurance, loans,
scholarships, and grants. Another words, the education of most
Americans depends on the benevolence of some Corporate or
Government Entity. Most Americans can't afford property, they
have to take out mortgages with Corporate Banks. If they pay off
their mortgage, they still don't own their property. Taxes have
become so high, that, in some cases, it costs more in taxes than
if the equivalent property was rented. Whenever the government
or some other corporation decides, they can condemn a person's
property and have that person forcibly evicted. A new Supreme
Court decision was handed down this year (2005) to make it
easier for local Government Entities to legally confiscate your
property for the common good (Kelo vs New London ). Family Homes
are being replaced by condominiums. This scheme allows you to
"own" a unit, but you must pay for the upkeep of the common area
where your unit is located.( The individual gives up control of
the land his unit is on to some corporate entity. The unit
cannot exist without the controlling entity. )
Most Americans can't afford to buy cars with cash, so they must
take out a loan with a bank or the auto company's finance
service. Years ago a person could save up and make a cash
purchase of a new car, but today one can't even buy a decent
used car without some form of credit. Furniture is being rented
by some people, because they can't afford to buy it. Practically
all new furniture stores offer credit, because they realize most
people can't afford cash purchases. There are so many Federal,
State, and Municipal laws (and the number grows every day), that
just by being alive a person must be violating some law. If a
government or corporate agency felt like it, an individual can
be arrested at any time.
High tech tracking has made it hard to maintain your privacy.
Soon everyone will be connected to the internet through DSL
lines, Cable Modems, or other high speed connections. This type
of media maintains connections continuously. Currently an
individual can turn his computer off and disconnect from the
internet even if he has DSL. The day is coming where it will be
against the law to turn off a computer, TV, or any other
monitoring device. Americans will be forced to listen to the
ravings of Corporate Aliens during breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Independent small businesses will soon not exist. Large
corporations are either wiping out, merging, or partnering with
small business. Even such a basic business as farming is
becoming corporate rather than family owned. Soon every business
will be either a branch or a partner of a large corporation.
So how socialized is the United States of America? If it
continues at this rate it will soon be called the United
Socialist States of America (USSA). While dictators like Stalin
were trying to force the population of the USSR into submission,
the Corporate Aliens launched a quiet invasion, and little by
little gained more and more control over the majority of the
American people. Unlike the Soviet Union, US socialism is not
totally government controlled, but it's a joint effort of both
government and corporate entities. What's even worse, is that
the entire world is being groomed based on similar principles.