Do You Think Obama is a Socialist... Do You Care?

[Rath]

Slimebeast said:

Rath said:
@Slimebeast.

#1. Europe isn't socialist, its only socialist in comparison to America. Countries like Venezuela (under Chavez) are socialist. Europe is in fact largely capitalist, just not quite so capitalist as America.

#2. Obama is going to struggle like hell to get his healthcare bill pushed through, he won't be able to push anything more extreme through

If the government by force takes away 2/3 of everything I produce with sweat and tears, then it's indeed socialism.

No, it's social democracy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_democracy

 

Modern social democracy and strict socialism are quite different.