Is it true that Americans are to this day afraid of socialism?

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Agente42 said:

SpokenTruth said:

For decades, the US has been involved with hot and cold wars that focused around communism, fascism and authoritarianism.  Part of that included a lot of propaganda that equated all of it with the umbrella term 'socialism'.  This had led to generations that view socialism as 'the enemy'.

Thankfully the younger generations have started to learn the various nuances of socialism and see them for the specific economic and political functions they are rather than a symbolic boogeyman.

Socialism and fascism are the same thing?

Jesus, history and geopolitics go wrong in US, then?

Fascism rose under a socialist policy. Basically, get the masses pissed off at the current government, promise free stuff and that things will get better. Once in power, Germany then implemented a fascism regime. 

They kind of go hand in hand. Today Democrats  pride themselves on speech censorship, and condone violence against conservatives. All in the name of what they think is right and any other opinion is swiftly silenced. Disagree and you loose your job or get death threats. To me where as historically we dealt with right wing fascism, today we seeing the rise in left wing fascism. Both used Socialism to gain influence. Both take away rights for the greater good of the state. Both suppress freedoms of individuals.