A socialist USA?

There is people and people.
The establishment is still around and owns the vast majority of land and money. The establishment is people.
They just went "into hiding" when it was time to pay the bill.
Socialize cost and privatize profit.
or
Socialize the risk, privatize the profits.
If only the market liberals could practise what they preach.

Let those that made the money the last 20 years now pay.
Now that's socialism.

Well, it was sort of complete social meltdown and bedlam. It had communist ideals that were never realized because it arose in a state of war and was suppressed within 2 months. But it apparently was a strange sort of party time in the city too.

You all are pretty happy about how socialism works in Sweden . Am I correct Ola?

If socialism is taking care of the workers then I'm sure we don't have any [socialism]. USA now have a higher minimum wage than Sweden.
And what about our monarc? Doesn't that make us a monarchy? Now how does that work with a socialist Sweden?

The social-democratic-party isn't even a party to the left anymore. Social democracy has become a joke.
Just like representative democracy isn't real democracy.

I don't know, going to have to try socialism before I know if I'm happy about it or not.
Sounds good - justice.

Do you [americans] believe that socialism is the opposite of freedom?

I think most Americans have become so cynical (as opposed to the healthy disposition of skeptical) that we just don't care about freedom any more.

If socialism is taking care of the workers then I'm sure we don't have any [socialism]. USA now have a higher minimum wage than Sweden.
And what about our monarc? Doesn't that make us a monarchy? Now how does that work with a socialist Sweden?

The social-democratic-party isn't even a party to the left anymore. Social democracy has become a joke.
Just like representative democracy isn't real democracy.

I don't know, going to have to try socialism before I know if I'm happy about it or not.
Sounds good - justice.

Do you [americans] believe that socialism is the opposite of freedom?

I think most Americans have become so cynical (as opposed to the healthy disposition of skeptical) that we just don't care about freedom any more.

Threaten your freedom and it becomes important,complacency is usually contentment.Socialism is the desire to be equal under the law and be free from exploitation.I think the real fear for americans would be removing their right to carry guns..

When a company like AIG is so important to the solvency of the world economy, when they're insuring 74 million clients, then how are we really free? Too much is intertwined, too much is interdependent. You'd have to be a hunter-gatherer to be truly 'off the grid'. Learning about this crisis should show everyone how deeply intertwined the individual is with the uberstructure of treasuries and banks -- and vice-versa.

This is not a centrally-imposed lack of freedom. It's a systemic lack of freedom.

Sweden has a monarch, and also a parliamentary system, and is a constitutional monarchy much like the UK in which the monarch is the symbolic head the the country.

Economically, like most every other modern nation, Sweden has a mixed economy. Sweden also has an extensive welfare program, which is why the country is so often called a socialist nation.

Sweden has eliminated its massive welfare system?

And I'm pretty sure that the economy over there is still a mixed economy. If not, then it's the only nation in the world without a mixed economy.

Oh, and yea, the US automotive industry is getting help from the government.

The trouble with Sweden is the massive immigration of muslims not the socialist ideals.They have stretched the economy so that social harmony has broken down.

The trouble with Sweden is the massive immigration of muslims not the socialist ideals.They have stretched the economy so that social harmony has broken down.