we dont even have to point to successful socialism in other countries.

we can point to successful socialism here. like medicare, social security, etc. the most popular/essential parts of our societal framework that voters of all parties dont wanna live without.

but we live in a dumb country fam.

republicans called everything in the new deal socialism (til americans loved it). repubs praised romneycare. then when obama took it national...repubs called it socialism.

they just keep calling shit socialism to sour public opinion and it keeps working.

like when its a ballot initiative with no d/r next to it...voters in both parties overwhelmingly approve the expansion of medicaid...then voters of one party overwhelmingly vote for politicians that wanna gut/eliminate/refuse that same medicaid expansion they just approved of. ditto with voting rights initiatives, wage increase initiatives, anti corruption initiatives, etc.

thats the country we live in.