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

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Bofferbrauer2 said:

sales2099 said:

The link is so deliciously left wing. “Socialism only the name” really.....that’s your counter? Like I said right or left there are 2 constants: Talk up socialist policies to get elected. And suppress the individual for the greater benefit of the state. 

While I appreciate you calling Democrat’s modern fascists, they tend to identify on the left. Speech suppression, economic pressure (job loss if speak out), authorizing violence and destruction of property against groups of people. Not bigots but average conservatives. Left wing fascism is just as dangerous, which is also pro-socialism.

https://www.britannica.com/story/were-the-nazis-socialists

So yes, in name only. They attracted socialists with their socialist branding, but killed them of in the night of the long knives in 1934 after they served their purpose of winning the election with their misleading name.

Otherwise, why not give the statue of liberty to North Korea? I mean, can't be more free than a People's Democratic Republic, right? Dictators have always sought to find names that resonate with the people, most of the time without adhering to their meaning even in the slightest.

Also again, what socialist would take big money from big corporations who want them to remove worker protection rights? That's exactly what the big German Industrials like the Krupp and Porsche families were doing, and Hitler and the entire NSDAP happily agreed. No socialist would ever do that.

I’d say that plays into my stance. Bait and switch. Get elected via Socialism and then transition into fascism.

It always leads to complete government oversight. Suppression of the individual and prioritizing the prosperity of the state. Which is never good on both counts.