Its all about post cold-war paranoia, basically. The majority of adults today remember growing up hearing about "Red Joe" and what the russkies were going to do to them. Socialism is as much of a buzzword as "Hardcore" is in our own lexicon. It has a root in a realistic meaning, but its been debased of its value
Keynesian Economics has many similarities to socialism, but Keynesianism is merely the path of the world that cannot accept the brutal consequences of Laissez-Faire capitalism, nor wants to go full-blown Socialist or Communist. Real Communism only really exists in North Korea, Cuba, and possibly Laos nowadays. Even Vietnam has a stock exchange.
Also: The issue with the Detroit 3 is the fault of both Management and Labor, really. The whole Detroit corporate culture is too focused on the companies fattening their own wallets, for both groups, and not focusing on the consumer. Ultimately its a culture of stagnation, both management and labor like where they are, and neither really want to have to sacrifice anything to push the companies themselves forward
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
